MADISONVILLE-Is going to school making some students sick?

The Monroe County Board of Education voted to have air quality testing completed at an area middle school on Thursday night after parent Keith Morgan, whose 11-year-old daughter attends Madisonville Middle School, spoke to the School Board in October about his daughter.

Morgan said his daughter has had allergy and asthma problems since she began school there this year. He noted she didn't have problems at her previous schools in the county.

"She had no health problems," Morgan told the board. "Within three days after school started, she came down with this."

After allergy testing and speaking to an environmentalist, Morgan said he believes the school has a mold problem or bad air quality.

The board revisited the issue on Thursday, after learning that Morgan's daughter is now home bound until the problem is resolved.

School Health Supervisor Sonia Hardin brought a summary report of health impairments back to the School Board.

In comparison to the other schools, Hardin said Madisonville Middle does not have a greater number of students with problems than any of the other area schools.

"I was not aware there was a greater problem with asthma at this school and according to statistics, there's not," said Hardin.

See full story in the Sunday, Nov. 11, edition of The Advocate & Democrat.