For several months now I have been patiently waiting for permission to film and record the microwave radiation level readings in the wireless classrooms at my children’s school Acacia Elementary, which was voted the number one elementary school in The O.C. by the O.C. Ragister (yes the Ragister). Well they won’t let me in to do my own readings just yet. I was told that it would be disruptive to the learning process. You know, I believe that they really weren’t kidding when the experts over at Executive Environmental got the cushy gig from the District to go in and tell us what we have all been waiting to hear. Could it have been a hack job designed to turn out what the FSD wanted to hear?
I believe that they were undergoing on the job training on the taxpayer dime when they found EMF readings that could only be found on the inside of a Faraday cage or down and out in the Okefenokee swamp. Hey gang, get a load of this April fools joke on the Fourth of July. The FSD is way more than a day late and a dollar short on this one. I don’t know about you all but I want my money back.
ACACIA’S READINGS ACTUALLY WERE REPORTED BY EXECUTIVE ENVIRONMENTAL TO BE EVEN LOWER THAN 0.01. PEAK AVERAGES WERE REPORTED TO BE IN THE RANGE OF 0.001 MICRO WATT PER SQUARE CENTIMETER AND AVERAGES WERE REPORTED TO BE IN THE 0.0000001-0.000007 RANGE-THERE IS NO WAY THEY WOULD EVEN SHOW UP ON THIS GRAPH AT THOSE LEVELS.
#1 by disbelief on July 3, 2013 - 7:03 pm
Are the Acacia elementary numbers a joke?
#2 by Irate parent on July 5, 2013 - 9:10 am
Dr. Pletka,
It appears that from what I perceive to be multiple factual errors in your press release that you have spent little to no time researching this issue. You state to the public that the safety of the students is of your highest priority, however it appears that your inability to grasp even the most basic facts shows otherwise.
You stated that the LAUSD District Precautionary Threshold Level is the same as FCC guidelines. Actually the FCC allows for public exposure levels of 1,000 uW/cm2 which is designed to protect against ACUTE BURNING and AND TOTALLY DISREGARDS NON THERMAL EFFECTS, when the LAUSD Precautionary Threshold Level is set at: 0.1 uW/cm2. This is a ridiculous assertion that I believe to be designed to confuse the unsuspecting parents of The FSD. Shame on you.
The FCC and LAUSD Threshold Levels are 10,000 times apart.
FCC: 1,000 uW/cm2
LAUSD: 0.1 uW/cm2
Given that this health and safety issue was placed before you months ago, it is unbelievable and unconscionable that you don’t even have a grasp of these basic facts.
According to the Fullerton Executive Cabinet Salary Schedule, you are paid $200,000 (plus benefits, pension, etc) for only 224 days of public service per year.
http://fsd.k12.ca.us/personnel/certificated/salary_schedules/2012-2013CabSalarySchedule.pdf
That is a substantial salary and with it comes substantial responsibility, the most basic of which is to ensure the health and safety of our children while they are at school.
Given the depth of evidence placed before, including piles of peer reviewed studies and expert testimonies from many top scientific and medical authorities, you have had a personal responsibility to conduct a thorough investigation of this health and safety issue. In my opinion it appears to be clear that you have done no such thing.
Dr. Pletka, what you fail to understand, on a most basic level, is that there is an enormous and compelling body of scientific literature reporting biological and health effects from RF microwave radiation at levels found in a WiFi classroom environment. Rather than to ignore this science, it is your responsibility to understand what levels are and are not safe.
The scientific record currently reports biological effects at 0.003 uW/cm2, which is much lower than radiation levels present in a WiFi classroom. I believe that due to what I perceive is your authoritative arrogance, you issued in your public statement a false assurance that exposure levels within the school are safe, when in fact the science shows otherwise.
Dr. Pletka, it appears that in my opinion you have mislead parents about the safety of their children, you have refused to properly investigate this issue, you have hired an unqualified firm that took slipshod measurements, and then you issued what appears to be a false assurance of safety to the community. In my opinion, you do not deserve the chair that you sit on.
I can guarantee that your salary, no matter how cushy of a lifestyle that it affords you, is in no way worth the consequences that you face when parents realize what you have done.
#3 by Joe Imbriano on July 8, 2013 - 9:28 pm
The health and safety of our children is nothing to take lightly. I appreciate you articulating your thoughts and opinion in such a concise manner. I believe that your sentiments will continue to be shared by many as we peel away the layers of what I believe to be intentional obfuscation by the FSD. We will end the ruse, and get what we believe to be the facts on this issue out of the laps of the administrators where they have been ignored and into the hands of the parents where they belong.Thank you for contacting me and I look forward to working together with you.
#4 by Anonymous on July 9, 2013 - 7:12 pm
Mr. Imbriano, I really cannot believe what is going on here in our city, specifically in our schools. This is absolutely unbelievable. I watched the council meeting feed today and I really wanted to tell you to know that you are doing the right thing and this site is great. What were you talking about with Jan Flory?
Someone like you is what this community needs-someone who stands up for what is right regardless of what anyone thinks. Far too many of our so called leaders are really nothing more than cowardly, self serving bobbleheads. I say give ’em hell. The school district officials and the board ignoring you are looking more and more like they deserve it.
#5 by Joe Imbriano on August 22, 2013 - 10:46 pm
If I were you I would be too. Now you understand the issue. I believe the truth lies in our court. The burden of proof falls on the ones who seek to impose this technology on the unsuspecting public.
#6 by A.L. on August 22, 2013 - 10:29 pm
I am literally livid with what I am reading here. I just listened to my daughter’s teacher over at Beechwood yesterday talk about how safe all this stuff is and the report. Someone is lying to all of us. It is either you or the school.
#7 by amateur night on July 11, 2013 - 7:41 pm
Go easy on these cats man. They gotta practice on someone. The classroom was empty so no one got hurt. They got their dough and Pletka and Craven got the magic numbers that they wanted. Now they can take this show on the road and look like the Ringling Brothers. Tickets anyone?
#8 by Anonymous on August 23, 2013 - 12:34 pm
My guess would be that it is really neither. Perhaps it is result of the merely misinformed at the helm and all the way up the chain.