Oakland Unified School District parents and school staff are speaking out after elevated lead levels were found in drinking water at multiple schools across the district.
In one case, a water fountain had ten times the amount of allowable lead levels.A notice was sent out to families this week, but some of the testing happened months ago, with students and staff have been drinking the water during the summer school sessions.Now some people, like 6th grade teacher at Frink United Academy of Language Stuard Loebl, are concerned about the impact of lead consumption, which includes learning difficulties, blood disorders and behavioral problems.
'A teacher from United for Success Academy says there has been a lead crisis at that school for a number of years. She says students tested the water and soil during the 2017-18 school year and found elevated lead levels. Those issues with lead levels came up at McClymond's High School, which led to wider testing by the East Bay Municipal Utility District in November of 2017. Families were told that situation was fixed. Then in 2022 another student test found lead in the soil again.
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