OAKLAND, Calif. ( KRON ) — The Oakland Teachers Union is the latest to raise concerns over the school district’s handling of elevated lead levels in school drinking water . The teacher’s union says the district tested and got results months ago and then sat on the information until the beginning of the school year.
Signs saying “do not drink” for water fountains are common across the oakland school district following the discovery of elevated levels of lead in 186 water fountains and faucets, 70 of which are over the state and federal limit.
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“The district continues to drop the ball,” said sixth-grade teacher Stuart Loevl at Frick United Academy of Language. “They continue to drop the ball in communication. They continue to drop the ball in providing answers for what has happened.”
Loevl, a math and science teacher, said his biggest concern and that of the teachers union is OUSD knew there were unsafe lead levels as early as April but did not take steps to address the issue or inform the school community until this month…