ALBANY, N.Y. -- A special meeting is being held tonight for the parents of children attending the Thomas O'Brien Academy of Sciences, or TOAST. It comes after news that construction crews renovating the school found asbestos in the windows they were replacing.
The 510 students who attend the academy will now spend the entire school year at the old Phillip Schuyler Elementary on Western Avenue. That same school will also be a temporary home for Arbor Hill Elementary students.
Superintendent Dr. Eva Joseph said logistics still need to be worked out but that the safety of students and faculty is the number one priority.
Hundreds of students in Albany will head to a different school this fall after asbestos was found at their current school. Two meetings are planned for parents of children attending the Thomas O'Brien Academy of Sciences, or TOAST. Ken Jubie reports.
"There is no question there is a tremendous amount of detail involved and mid-summer I am not going to say it is going easy, but when we experience the level of cooperation and the level of understanding people have put forward thus far will make it that much easier."
Joseph said no one who was working or attending TOAST was never exposed to the asbestos.
There is no word on the cost to remove it, but the plan is to have students back for the 2009-2010 school year.
Tonight's meeting at the Delaware Community School is at 5 p.m. Another meeting will be held Monday at 7 p.m.