Finch students report to Kennedy for third day

Windows at Finch Elementary School were opened after carbon monoxide built up.

ATLANTA, Ga. -- Finch Elementary students will report to Kennedy Middle School for Thursday classes, after a carbon monoxide leak at their own school forced an evacuation Monday.

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Wednesday, a temporary boiler was installed at Finch Elementary School. Officials determined the school's old boiler to be the source of Monday's carbon monoxide leak.

The temporary boiler must pass inspection before students are allowed to return to the school. The district plans to install a new, permanent boiler within the next two weeks.

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Monday night, several parents told 11Alive's Blayne Alexander they had no intention of sending their children to school Tuesday, no matter where classes were held.

"Honestly, I want to see the carbon monoxide detectors before I let my son go back to that school," said Nina Reed. Her 5-year-old son Marquis was in his kindergarten class Monday morning when the alarm sounded.

Atlanta Public Schools spokesman Stephen Alford said Finch would be equipped with carbon monoxide detectors before students are cleared to return. He also said APS will do a district-wide boiler check, hitting every school, in the coming weeks.

Of the 50 people transported to the hospital Monday, all 40 students were released. Eight adults were also released, two were kept for further treatment.

Kennedy Middle School is located at 225 James P. Brawley Drive in Atlanta.

For more information on transportation to and from Kennedy, visit the Finch Elementary school website.

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