Outraged parents of kids attending classes in a trailer at a Queens high school charged yesterday that officials are trying to cover up a mold problem by cleaning out the dangerous stuff just days before a promised inspection.
The sheet rock in the trailers was infested with mold, said Gus Prentzas, president of the William Cullen Bryant HS parent association.
“They’re getting rid of the mold before the inspection. Do they think we’re idiots?” Prentzas said.
Construction workers were in the trailers Friday night and Saturday, removing and disposing of mold-infested sheet rock, Prentzas said.
An Education Department spokesman said the work was done as a precaution to prevent mold from forming, insisting workers found no evidence of existing mold in the trailers at the Long Island City school.
The Post reported last week that some 20 failing students with behavior problems were being kept in one of the trailers all day long.
Parents said they complained about the mold after being alerted to it by teachers. That spurred the department to promise to inspect the trailers this week.