THAT FITS, April 30, 1993 Volume CXVI, Number 5 Phillips Academy, Andover, MA Sundays Senior Metn:La PitPo The First Of Many Exclusive Senior Gatherings ____.___Ing__ by Tlirni Ra committee regrets the process, which moving procedure. John Gould tricate surfaces. Stowe House, one of 'I~ ~~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~PIIApniixSTAFF WRITER temporarily disrupts student-teacher whose his house has been deleaded the more ornate houses on campus bonds. Knowledge of the deleading just recently, commenting They did with a serious lead problem, will re- ~~~~~~~~~~~~q~~~~~ ~ ~ Ahosn ultnrlaed last process is increasing, an absolutely great job not only de- quire twice the cost of deleading week revealed the significance of the Wilmer attributes the process's leading, but also fixing all problems compared to a nomal faculty apart- campus-wide problem of lead paint. "frustratingly slow" pace to the fact in the house frmrtigbr oos mn.Ocsoaly eedn x Existing in almost all faculty houses, that so little was known about lead to broken bathroom tiles. Craig penses can even rival the value of the lead paint poses a threat to the devel- paint when cases of high lead-blood Thorn added, "They did a superb job. house itself. oping young brains of children under levels first began to appear. "None of With new windows and repainted The lead paint issue has generat- six. Despite the school's continuous us had been educated fundamentally - walls, we moved into a new house." ed an emotional response- from the feel the problem efforts to alleviate the problem, lead to deal with such a matter," adds Joel. Both Mike Kuta and Craig Thorn faculty. Some paint abatement still remains a te- Used as a pigment and dryer until were impressed by their movers, Bill wasn't dealt with soon enough and dious process, that requires both time the early 1950's, lead paint covers the Kent and George Robinson, who that faculty children should never andWih moey. $1. millin en- interiors of almost all buildings on have been key in alleviating the de- have been at risk. Others plead for dowecd fromn the Trustees, O.P.P has campus. Massachusetts state law de- leading. process. the school to stay away, and not to the level of 10 micrograms of The eventual goal of deleading is hassle them with paint in the walls. - ~~~~~~~~developedplans to create a lead safe> dared of lead paint, not "Any issue involving children can David Burnett speaking to Senior congregation photo ID. Ingster evrn ntfralactyndhir lead per deciliter of blood as danger- to rid all houses children. ous for children under six. Since it af- only those currently with young fac- bring up touchy responses from fac- that ulty," comments school physician Dr. by Victoria Kataoka munication, and problems in a differ- Three faculty homes that had fects only developing brains, lead ulty children. Wilmer believes end discrimination in hous- Richard Keller. THE Pi-IULiMAN ent light." housed children once affected by lead paint in the donnitories poses no risk this will SPECIAL TO Though the lead paint committee 4 ~~~~~~~~~Gaudianiis an Alumnae of pithv aledbendeleaded. to students. ing, for faculty housing would no lead paint, regrets the relatively slow pace in ac- Last Sunday, Seniors and Faculty Connecticut College and became The school deleads, only three houses Lead removal involves chemical longer be restricted by however, tually initiating, deleading, "We took convened in Cochran Chapel to ha President in 1988. Before this, she at a time because of the inconve- treatment of the chipping, peeling Complete deleading, future. According to action ASAP" says Wilmer, "The is- and David G. tuh FrnhLeaueatheieauea h ialls.ience of the process. Many faculty paint on wagtFecSpecial HEPPA vacu- lies in the distant Dr. Claire L. Gaudiani afford immedi- sue was still evolving, as was our Burnett, Ph.D., this year's Senior University of Pennsylvania, where members remain reluctant to delead urns clear air of fine lead dust created Peter Joel. "We can't faculty home." knowledge of the matter." Parent Speakers and parents of Maria she helped found Wharton's Joseph their homes, not wanting to endure by the opening and closing of painted ately to delead every funding The ongoing process wiII contin- 41 Burnett '93. This meeting marked the H. Lauder Institute for Management the hassle of leaving Campus for a windows. O.RRP spends $50,000 and Because lead abatement the school ue for years from now, followed by second of many exclusive Senior and International Studies. At trorlne.8 week's time to delead a single loca- comes from endowment, the $1.5 million over a further maintenance to insure re- 4 gatherings during the Spring Term, Connecticut, she has helped to create The lead paint committee in- tion above and beyond legal regula- must pay back according to moval of residual -toxin. Funds from which are designed to honor and pre- four prestigious programs: The High cludes Headmaster Donald tions. OPP Director Williams stresses period of ten years, Chief Financial Officer Neil Cullen. the Trustees may or may not be re- pare Seniors for their Graduation. School Student Advai-ncement McNemar, Dean of Students and the importance of such stringent con- plenished, depending on OPP's Afterashrt itrodutionfrom Program, the Center for International Reieta ieHri j~r en trol, wamning, "there's nothing more The expense of deleading includes residents, tempo- progress. Joel sees the money as di- School President Ore Owodunni, Mr. Studies and Liberal Arts, the Keck of Faculty Peter Joel, Chief Financial unsafe than deleading improperly." the moving, out of redeco- verted from education: "Lead paint Science Program, and Officer Neil Cullen, Manager of - During the process, residents are rary housing costs, deleading, Bumnette took the podium. He evalu- Undergraduate directly help the ated the shift in the private sector the Elie Weisel Chair in Judaic cuptoa d Evrned mved to Royal Crest Apartments in rating, and moving them residents. abatement doesn't school's statement of purpose but is frominividul he cometitin ofStudies. She is also a member of the SaeyDnWitmrDrco fNorth Andover. Faculty members Much of the expenditure origi- the Cldto acoopeative Wa pro- American Council on Education. FaiiisMcalWlimad whose houses have been deleaded- nates from the number of manhours necessary nonetheless." the change from viewing intere~ts Employee Resources for the Central ¶ ~from football to basketball. Research Division of Pfizer, Inc., y u u -Gaudiani then called for a transi- which researches on human pharma- "T sFrjl r nDm '1 dni ohAercnadgoa ceutical products. He was previously )-from emphasis on simple democratic AsoitPrfsrofFec an rightte deand to o "ciIcnbli- Associate Dean of Arts and Sciences ty" and respect. at Penn. Burnett graduated from Bothempasizd te imortnce Princeton, and received his BA. and of cooperative thinking and Ieanniing, Ph.D. in Romance Languages at by Sarah Klipfel rocks, bullet shells,(it had once been advantages to knowing efo~eign Indiana University. Burnett chairs P111PA STF RIE a favored neighborhood shooting -L the Pfizer'sForce, Education which Task ~range) and a burnt-out jeep. ~glanguages, and the primacy of the Pie' dcto akFre hc family 'unit before anythingpfe- agetPulcHhSholmh Last Sunday, approximately one- Smtgaehesdnsapp sionalpoke Both wth elouence and science programs, and serves on hunde P stdnspripaein talk and told them to treat their trees ~ Council for th re o ispoetudrte like children and to name each of and ffecionor ne aothe andtheand theaffection the forConnecticut one another State and the Treetemsas they aedplanted.cH alsoein-he audience. Vocational/Technical Education. supervision of Christopher Smith, the formeds theystueplntd otHe benefits "We've always put the family Atrheqsioanaswrp-founder of the Children's Forestry ~ - first. I've followed David to jobs and riod, Gaudiani and Burnett were pe Project, and Eric Gottesman '94, the ta h outadwiepn re he has followed me. We've always sented with a gift from the Seniors P.A. student coordinator would give to the environment, such tried to work at evaluating the situa- an h cdm.Upper Rep. Gottesman, and a asdntgnirenothnuin- tion: What's best for each other? Is Tecnrgto poeddto panel of student council members porsioftesteoet.Tetu this a once in a lifetime opportunity? th newo ooweeFdh first read about the project in a North dnswr hnugdt bes h saidGaudani."Ths tie I olloed ociety sang and Commons catered a Anoe iie ril.Te ad trees with a traditional Native dessert buffet. Student response was been looking for an environmental American ceremony which, involved J, Claire to a job, which was a remark- the dusting of cornmeal over the ver poitie;enirs hco acivtytatthncholculetk a fledgling sapling. photo / M Pnce able opportunity for her. I switched veryvty tSeniorschoattendedakeChris Smith christens private sector and have never were imprse adisre by part in. Trees For Kids seemed like a plots. into the Hannah Sharpless '94 comment- been saidBurnett.Gaudianihapper," and Burnett. good solution. Gottesman and Smith Atrhe ceremony, the workers taLk about a' contest to determine are going to be AfterBurnet sealting and Te Senio Steerig Commttee tretruhrdoadnwpprpicked up their trash bags and began which group had dug up the largest ed, "These trees Gi~uian ased achothrdaquetio, oganzedtheeven.eCmpoednfaveriseentitsgemthnwhle olletinebuletshelshoopepae'ohelockcOniaethetcalyeicliederoudsalotlonerehanara.'tara approach, Schorr '95 said "It was an experience