UniServ reps become air quality experts. (Your Dues Did It).(National Education Association)(Rio Rancho, New Mexico school district)

It's a tolerant school district that allows a crowd of out-of-state, battle-hardened UniServ staffers to tour one of its schools--during class time--with a federal official, building blueprints, an indoor air quality checklist, and a carbon dioxide detector.

That's just what New Mexico's Rio Rancho district did on February 4 when it hosted 14 UniServ reps from 10 states at Mountain View Middle School. These staffers were in town to attend an NEA Health Information Network/UniServ Cluster training session, which included a full-day class on indoor air quality and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA) Indoor Air Quality Tools for Schools Program.

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