School IAQ problems can fester unnoticed for years before suddenly claiming the limelight. A recent television news broadcast on NBC-TV Channel 6 in Miami focused on southern Florida's "sickest schools," and school board members interviewed during the broadcast lamented the state of some school buildings in the Miami-Dade School District.
The Miami example is just one of many played out across the United States. In some cases, school boards and parent groups have taken action to correct problems, but in other districts the problems persist and buildings continue to deteriorate as school boards are forced to slash operating budgets.