NBC DFW has learned Dallas ISD will send personnel to Lakewood Elementary Sunday to check on air quality amid fears of a possible carbon monoxide leak.
Some parents of Lakewood Elementary told NBC DFW their children were coming home with symptoms like headaches and nausea. As a precaution, the district planned to deploy data loggers and air quality monitors before classes resumed for the week.
In a statement, Dallas ISD spokesperson Andre Riley, said "the health and safety of students and staff is paramount. Out of an abundance of caution, the Dallas Independent School District continues to closely monitor the environmental conditions at Lakewood Elementary."
"In addition to the installation of a professional-grade carbon monoxide monitor during the previous year, the district will dispatch personnel today as well as deploying data loggers to monitor conditions at the school," the statement read.
On Sunday, some parents considered leaving their kids at home until test results are revealed.
"I think it's a step. I'm glad it's immediate and they came in here on the weekend," said Gretchen Stofer Darby, who has a daughter in first grade at Lakewood Elementary. "I want to make sure she's in a safe environment and there's not anything that's leading to long term ill health effects."
Darby said her daughter has felt ill recently.
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"Headaches off and on, stomach aches, and tiredness. It's really similar to the symptoms we saw when carbon monoxide was in the building last spring," Darby said.
Last March, 11 students and three staff members had reported feeling ill. Lakewood Elementary was evacuated and closed for two days after a contractor reported high levels of carbon monoxide in the building. [[295265441,C]]
