Discovery of Mold in Elementary School Halts Repairs and Leaves Contractors Unpaid

MT. CLEMENS, Mich. - The replacement of ceiling tiles and other repairs were left undone and contractors were allegedly left unpaid after mold was discovered at Washington Elementary School in the Romeo Community School District in Michigan.

In response to being unpaid, one of the contractors, Dennis Schutte of DI-S Construction in Utica, Mich., filed a breach of contract suit Dec. 20, 2001 against the school district. Dennis Schutte v. Romeo Community School District, No. 01-5510-CK (Mich. Cir. Ct., Macomb Cty.).

According to Schutte's lawyer, William G. Boyer, Jr. of Boyer & Dawson in Sterling Heights, Mich., the mold …