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CAMPUS. PENN HILLEL SAYS IT HAS A GUARD ON DUTY EVERY DAY STARTING AT 7:00 A.M. SO THAT GUARD WOULD HAVE COME ON DUTY JUST AFTER THIS INCIDENT HAPPENED. PENN HALAL ARE SADDENED BY THIS INCIDENT BUT UNDETERRED IN THEIR MISSION TO SUPPORT EVERY STUDENT ON CAMPUS. IN UNIVERSITY CITY, DAN SNYDER, CBS NEWS PHILADELPHIA. >> Jessica: DAN, THANK YOU. >>> SOME STUDENTS IN A SOUTH JERSEY SCHOOL DISTRICT ARE DEALING WITH REMOTE LEARNING AGAIN BUT IT HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH COVID. THE PROBLEM NOW IS MOLD AT THEIR SCHOOL. IT'S AFFECTING STUDENTS AT BOBBY'S RUN SCHOOL AND NEARBY LUMBERTON MIDDLE SCHOOL. NEW JERSEY REPORTER RYAN HUGHES IS IN LUMBERTON WITH THE LATEST. >> WE'RE JUST MORE CONCERNED WITH THE KIDS AND EVERYTHING ELSE THAT THEY'RE SAFE. >> Reporter: MANY PARENTS IN LUMBERTON, NEW JERSEY, EXPRESSING THEIR CONCERNS AS STUDENTS AT LUMBERTON MIDDLE SCHOOL SWITCHED TO REMOTE LEARNING FROM HOME THURSDAY AFTER THE DISTRICT SAID MOLD WAS FOUND INSIDE 16 MIDDLE SCHOOL CLASSROOMS. >> WE DON'T KNOW WHAT TYPE IT IS. SO I DON'T KNOW WHAT COULD BE THE LONG-TERM EFFECTS OF IT. >> Reporter: PARENTS WERE NOTIFIED WEDNESDAY THAT MOLD WAS FOUND NOT ONLY INSIDE LUMBERTON MIDDLE BUT ALSO 10 CLASSROOMS INSIDE BOBBY'S RUN ELEMENTARY WHICH IS DIRECTLY NEXT DOOR. >> WE HAD A TEACHER WHO, UM, NOTICED AN ODOR, AND SO THEY REACHED OUT TO US AND WE GOT THE ROOM TESTED RIGHT AWAY AND A COUPLE OF OTHER ROOMS. >> Reporter: LUMBERTON SCHOOL SUPERINTENDENT COLLEEN MURRAY TELLS CBS NEWS PHILADELPHIA THE IMPACT TO CLASSROOMS IN BOTH SCHOOLS HAVE BEEN CLOSED. ALL MIDDLE SCHOOLERS ARE NOW LEARNING REMOTELY AND THE TEACHERS AND STUDENTS INSIDE THE AFFECTED CLASSROOMS AT BOBBY'S RUN HAVE BEEN MOVED TO UNAFFECTED CLASSROOMS INSIDE THE MIDDLE SCHOOL. >> WE TOOK A REALLY TARGETED, SAVE RESPONSE. WE KEPT SAFETY AT THE FOREFRONT OF OUR MINDS. >> Reporter: BUT SINCE BOTH SCHOOLS ARE CONNECTED, STEPHANIE WHOSE DAUGHTER IS IN THE EIGHTH GRADE SAYS THE BUILDINGS NEED TO BE CLOSED COMPLETELY UNTIL THE MOLD REMEDIATION IS FINISHED. >> WE SHARE THE SAME AIR. THEY SHARE THE SAME HEAT. SO IF THE MOLD HAS SPORES WHERE IT'S AIRBORNE, IT'S GOING TO GO THROUGHOUT THE ENTIRE SCHOOL EVEN FASTER. >> Reporter: THE DISTRICT SAYS MOLD REMEDIATION BEGAN THURSDAY AFTERNOON AND PARENTS ARE BEING TOLD TO PLAN FOR AT LEAST TWO WEEKS OF REMOTE LEARNING. THE DISTRICT WILL ALSO HOLD A COMMUNITY FORUM SOMETIME EARLY NEXT WEEK TO HELP ANSWER PARENTS QUESTIONS ABOUT THE MOLDY CLASSROOMS. REPORTING IN LUMBERTON,