Carlsbad Unified hosted another meeting Monday night to discuss water contamination that went unnoticed at Hope Elementary School for months despite student complaints, including what harsh chemicals may have been in the drinking water supply.
Students reported discoloration, odor and complained about taste on several instances since the start of the school year, according to District Assistant Superintendent Eric Dill. The district confirmed the contamination in early March, then took a weekend to fix the connection and flush the pipes.
"It’s our children and our teachers, so I just want to make sur they are safe. It shouldn’t be a question. They should take care of it and everybody should be tested," one parent said. "If you were in this situation you’d feel the same way," another parent said."You’d have that empathy. Our kids were poisoned, there is no rational."
"I didn’t get a straight answer," parent Kim McConnell said."I think there are a lot ofquestions still hanging out there."Because there are no more existing samples of the contaminated water that was flowing through Hope Elementary's drinking water, the district may never know exactly what students and staff drank.
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