CENTERVILLE -- An odorless, colorless, tasteless toxic gas could be in your child's school and no one would know.
Just Monday, 42 kids and six adults were taken to the hospital after suffering from carbon monoxide poisoning.
"I can't even fathom that that would happen, or that it's even a possibility," said Laine Terry, a concerned Centerville parent.
A scene that could have been avoided if the school had a carbon monoxide detector.
Here in Ohio, there is no state law that requires detectors in schools.
"It's surprising, like I said I had no idea that they didn't have that and I think the kids comes first," said Terry.
Kids' safety is also number one for Centerville City Schools.
They let us inside their boiler room and explained why carbon monoxide detectors are not necessary.
"They've all been replaced within the last 20 years or less, they're efficient boilers, they are inspected weekly," said Assistant Superintendent Bob Yux, Centerville City Schools.
The boiler room is also isolated from the rest of the school and the only thing that leaves the room and circulates the building is the hot water in the pipes that heats the school.
"You have power exhaust on that equipment, there's a fan that helps to move that exhaust out of the building those rooms are ventilated separate from the rest of the building," said Yux.
But even with that system in place, parents think adding carbon monoxide detectors is a good idea.
"They've got the fire alarms, they do the tornado alerts, I definitely think they should have that," said Terry.
Centerville City Schools says the state does require a yearly test of their boiler systems.
They were just tested in July and passed.
Just Monday, 42 kids and six adults were taken to the hospital after suffering from carbon monoxide poisoning.
"I can't even fathom that that would happen, or that it's even a possibility," said Laine Terry, a concerned Centerville parent.
A scene that could have been avoided if the school had a carbon monoxide detector.
Here in Ohio, there is no state law that requires detectors in schools.
"It's surprising, like I said I had no idea that they didn't have that and I think the kids comes first," said Terry.
Kids' safety is also number one for Centerville City Schools.
They let us inside their boiler room and explained why carbon monoxide detectors are not necessary.
"They've all been replaced within the last 20 years or less, they're efficient boilers, they are inspected weekly," said Assistant Superintendent Bob Yux, Centerville City Schools.
The boiler room is also isolated from the rest of the school and the only thing that leaves the room and circulates the building is the hot water in the pipes that heats the school.
"You have power exhaust on that equipment, there's a fan that helps to move that exhaust out of the building those rooms are ventilated separate from the rest of the building," said Yux.
But even with that system in place, parents think adding carbon monoxide detectors is a good idea.
"They've got the fire alarms, they do the tornado alerts, I definitely think they should have that," said Terry.
Centerville City Schools says the state does require a yearly test of their boiler systems.
They were just tested in July and passed.
