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One year ago today...
ONE YEAR AGO TODAY, IN A SMALL DAYCARE/PRESCHOOL ABOUT 5 MINUTES AWAY... My kids were being poisoned by a deadly gas. They wouldn't be...
Nikki James Zellner
Feb 24, 20211 min read
HB1823 makes it through Virginia Senate committee on the heels of another CO exposure in a VA school
One day before the fifteen member Senate Committee on Education and Health was scheduled to vote on whether or not HB1823 would advance...
Nikki James Zellner
Feb 24, 20213 min read
Common misconceptions about carbon monoxide risk in schools
After her children experienced carbon monoxide (CO) poisoning at their state-licensed, nationally accredited daycare in February 2020,...
Nikki James Zellner
Feb 24, 20213 min read
A letter to Virginia Senators
Distinguished Senator, I'm again writing to you in support of HB1823 that would make Virginia the 7th state in the US to require some...
Nikki James Zellner
Feb 24, 20212 min read
Virginia: Is this data even available?
Virginia Public Schools. 8 Regions. 133 School Divisions. 1,252,756 students enrolled in Fall 2020. 65,966 of those students are military...
Nikki James Zellner
Feb 24, 20212 min read

A thank you to Local Journalism
It is not lost on me that I could not get the traction I'm getting here without the continued help of dedicated journalists who are...
Nikki James Zellner
Feb 24, 20211 min read

Require CO detectors now. Require transparency next.
Zero. That’s the # of schools in the Virginia Beach Public Schools that were built in 2015 or later. Meaning out of 86 schools, in...
Nikki James Zellner
Feb 24, 20211 min read

Virginia HB1823 passes the House of Delegates, 98-1; moves to Senate Education & Health Committee
HB1823 passed its first milestone when it was met with great bipartisan support from the House of Delegates in Virginia and passed with a...
Nikki James Zellner
Feb 24, 20211 min read

Carbon Monoxide legislation in schools introduced in the Virginia 2021 Legislative Session
After the events that transpired in February 2020 at a daycare in Virginia Beach, delegates from the area felt compelled to introduce...
Nikki James Zellner
Feb 24, 20211 min read
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