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Re: Fire Hazards

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wduncan (wduncan)
Fri, 20 Aug 1999 16:42:21 -0500

Hold on, this too will pass. I was told I could not have things hanging from
the lights.
They even took them down to make the point. A while later we put them back up.

Everything is back to normal now.
Woody in KC

Betty Bowen wrote:

> A friend of mine who is a great 7th grade teacher told me Wednesday evening
> that the local fire marshalls have laid down the law in the schools this
> year. No more than one layer of flammable materials on bulletin boards (no
> background paper) no Hanging Things on bulletin boards (therefore no moving
> parts - she used to make really elaborate bulletin boards that had strings
> to pull that made things move, that sort of thing)
> No more than 50% of the wall space covered with paper or other flammable
> material, including cloth, cardboard....no hanging flammables from the
> ceiling. No dried leaves, tree branches, crepe paper streamers,...You get
> the picture.
> No one is disagreeing with the importance of fire safety, but it is sure
> making room decoration and display a challenge.
>
> I went blank except for colored aluminum foils and mylars.
>
> Any other inexpensive non-flammable room decorating and bulletin board ideas
> I can pass along? (sounds like another book project for MaryAnn, doesn't it?
> non-flammable classroom decoration? : ))
>
> Betty

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