Lead in water at Marie Reed
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Anonymous
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The lead issue originally found in the 3 hill schools has expanded to 12, and it looks like Marie Reed and others have elevated lead levels. http://dgs.dc.gov/sites/default/files/dc/sites/dgs/page_content/attachments/SY%202016%20Lead%20in%20Water%20Sampling%20Results%20-%20DCPS%20-%20In%20Progress%20-%204-19-16.pdf
Q to current Marie Reed families, has the school/DCPS contacted you about this and what are their plans to correct this? |
Anonymous
It tells you right there in the document. They either install filter or close the source in question (eg water fountain). Not a big deal and not that complicated. |
Anonymous
| Also the school is relocating for renovation. |
Anonymous
Ugh! |
Anonymous
That doesn't matter if kids have already been exposed. |
Anonymous
| How have the communications been to families about getting their kids tested and generally keeping them informed about what's going on? |
Anonymous
Don't they test and remedy every year? |
Anonymous
They are supposed to. |
Anonymous
| Good lord, Payne has one water source test at 8,600 when the acceptable level should be <1. Could that be a typo? |
Anonymous
As someone who lived through the lead water issue a few years back and had an extremely high number in the home with small kids living there full time -- your child should have had a blood test at their physical (mandated by DC law). Even with our elevated number the kids were fine. |
Anonymous
| I was just looking at the list of testing results from different schools and noticed it looks like they only test water fountains. Is that true? Do they test the water in kitchens at the schools? |
Anonymous
| And charter school parents WANTED these buildings? |
Anonymous
Yeah, tell that to the families in Flint, MI. |
Anonymous
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I'd like to hear how DGS plans to regularly monitor, maintain - and replace these filters.
Odds are once they're installed they completely forget about them (unless a test comes back positive for lead). |
Anonymous
| One at Marie Reed was in the hall right next to the principal's office! Ugh! |