Maggie Hicks (she/her)
@maggiehicks.bsky.social
Education reporter at syracuse.com | Words also in EdSurge and The Chronicle of Higher Education | Syracuse University/Daily Orange alum
Find me at: mhicks@syracuse.com
Find me at: mhicks@syracuse.com
Experts say there's a safer, cheaper solution that would only cost Syracuse half a million dollars to implement.
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Drinking water in Syracuse schools fails lead tests over and over. There’s a better way to keep kids safe
In the latest testing, lead levels exceeded the state’s safe limit in fixtures at nearly every Syracuse school, records show.
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January 6, 2025 at 3:50 PM
Experts say there's a safer, cheaper solution that would only cost Syracuse half a million dollars to implement.
Read more from me and @mbreidenbach.bsky.social:
www.syracuse.com/news/2025/01...
Read more from me and @mbreidenbach.bsky.social:
www.syracuse.com/news/2025/01...
The patchwork response leaves kids vulnerable in the years between tests. They're drinking from fountains and sinks that could have no traces of lead one year and outrageous levels the next. At least 76 fixtures that failed tests last year had almost no traces of lead in 2020.
January 6, 2025 at 3:50 PM
The patchwork response leaves kids vulnerable in the years between tests. They're drinking from fountains and sinks that could have no traces of lead one year and outrageous levels the next. At least 76 fixtures that failed tests last year had almost no traces of lead in 2020.
It's impossible to know where the lead is coming from or how to get rid of it. The district will replace different parts of fixtures or install new ones a until the lead level is brought down. Sometimes, staff will change fixtures two or three times before they are safe to use.
January 6, 2025 at 3:50 PM
It's impossible to know where the lead is coming from or how to get rid of it. The district will replace different parts of fixtures or install new ones a until the lead level is brought down. Sometimes, staff will change fixtures two or three times before they are safe to use.