The material was found in a sealed box in the science block’s storeroom.
The white powder has since been found not to contain asbestos.Parents and carers of students were informed of the potential yellowcake discovery via email on August 30.
The asbestos register for the school identified 76 entries of asbestos in 2008. Entries currently shown on the register date back to 2002. Further Work Health and Safety committee minutes in September then stated the test had come back “all clear” and more testing would be conducted — but there is no evidence of this being done.Parents were notified on May 13, and told that four buildings had been identified as hazardous and would be quarantined.Two investigations were launched into CHHS’s handling of asbestos, by the NSW Department of Education’s Performance and Ethical Standards Unit and SafeWork NSW.
It commenced an investigation in March 2021 following “further engagement” from a CHHS staff member in February 2021. Former CHHS principal Vicky Brewer was blacklisted as a teacher in 2022 and cannot be re-employed in a NSW school. She retired from teaching, complete with a celebration and standing ovation, in 2021.
A letter distributed to parents and caregivers at the time said: “This substance was not associated with the material used to build the room, but was most likely remnants of an item stored in the room at some time in the past.” “Concerns of the teaching staff have been amplified by what they perceive as the persistent lack of responsiveness and accountability that continues to this day,” the report said.“It is highly distressing that their fears fell on deaf ears, and it is now apparent that they and their colleagues have experienced long-term exposure,” the report said.“To find out that the amount of asbestos that is actually friable in the school is actually quite shocking,” one parent said.
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