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Who has to change the bottles? (Deposit Photos)
As though the miserably hot weather for their first day back isn't bad enough, Detroit Public Schools students are being told not to drink from fountains after water with unacceptably high levels of lead and copper was found at 34 schools.
So here's how the 2018-19 academic year begins, The Detroit News reports:
Pasteur Principal Sharon Lawson said her school had six large water coolers for her 440 students in grades K-6. The water and cups were delivered on Friday and on Saturday staff made sure everything was set up properly.
“We have our water. This is adequate for students and the drinking fountains are turned off,” Lawson said. “I’m glad they have it like this because the children have to drink more water."
Yep, those big, glugging coolers known to office workers everywhere have taken the place of fountains, at least until water can be tested at all district buildings.
New-ish superintendent Nikolai Vitti is enthusiastic:
"For us, every year we are going to get better and better. This is our second full year and I already see a difference," Vitti said. "I am excited about our curriculum all books arrived before the school year starts. Two schools that I have visited so far appear cleaner than last year."
Vitti declined to provide exact numbers, but said: "enrollment, anecdotally, appears to be up again."
