in-district experimentto determine if reasonable training of Sequim school administrators might be conducted via the internet. A discussion among state Chemical Hygiene experts suggested that current federal and state statute essential requires the training of administrators [as well as science teachers and maintainance staff] to assure compliance.
hands on experienceswith hazardous materials.
hands on scienceit becomes necessary to insure adequate training for all elementary teachers using any potentially hazardous material (i.e., every teacher of science), and insure compliance of procedures and facilities with all applicable statutes. If a school decides that no hazardous materials will be used in that school, it may be prudent to ask why the materials used for teaching are thought to have no hazards! (E.g., are paper and textbooks not flammable?) Presumably hazards will be much less at the elementary grades that in secondary schools so less training will be needed, but it is probably FALSE to assume that NO HAZARD EXISTS. If science is to be taught in each classroom, appropriate locked storage, eye goggles, eye washes, and emergency showers may be needed depending on each grade's curriculum.