A Dozen Misidentified Classrooms Highlight Wider Concerns Over School Inspections for Lead Paint

Students in seven school buildings across the city returned to their usual classrooms this week after work was done to remediate deteriorated lead-based paint, according to New York City's Department of Education. The department said it identified twelve rooms during a review of its lead-paint inspection logs that were supposed to have been repaired before the start of the school year, but never were, leaving students in classrooms with active lead-paint hazards since at least September.

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