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[Sun]

I am doing battle with my teenagers High School administrators over "clean safe drinking water". They claim that tap water is clean and safe. I really think that they need to check their denial or find new jobs. I am at my wits end with this. Mini diva tells me that the tap water from water fountains is disgusting and she refuses to drink it, plus she knows that this is unsanitary. The school sells bottled water for $2 per 16 oz which I think is insane.

Why should the kids have to buy clean water when the school has a legal obligation to provide such? Time to change the language of the law to "peovide clean safe drinking water FREE of charge. Fucking politics.

[cinnamongrrl]

Originally Posted by Sun

I am doing battle with my teenagers High School administrators over "clean safe drinking water". They claim that tap water is clean and safe. I really think that they need to check their denial or find new jobs. I am at my wits end with this. Mini diva tells me that the tap water from water fountains is disgusting and she refuses to drink it, plus she knows that this is unsanitary. The school sells bottled water for $2 per 16 oz which I think is insane.

Why should the kids have to buy clean water when the school has a legal obligation to provide such? Time to change the language of the law to "peovide clean safe drinking water FREE of charge. Fucking politics.

I can suggest getting one of those Brita's to go....We got one free with our large Brita... I wouldn't expect it to filter,say, stream water, but every bit helps. I agree with you though about the water purity. That should be a given. I can't even BELIEVE it's up for debate....

[Sun]

Originally Posted by cinnamongrrl563

I can suggest getting one of those Brita's to go....We got one free with our large Brita... I wouldn't expect it to filter,say, stream water, but every bit helps. I agree with you though about the water purity. That should be a given. I can't even BELIEVE it's up for debate....

She usually has bottled water or Gatorade. A few days ago she had no water, no cash and the water fountains were shut down for being contaminated. They had no emergency bottled water for the kids. I went the hell OFF on the District Super and HS Principal. They cant be serious. They legally have to provide clean water.

To make matters worse, the Principal is now panicking over my insistence that they have bottled water available to the kids, or install an RO or other water filtration system. So he tells me that the water "wells" (to make this 10x worse, well water omg) are just fine and are "tested daily by the water authority". Total bullshit so I asked for proof.

Bet he wishes he was in vacation right about now.

[Sachita]

Originally Posted by cinnamongrrl563

I can suggest getting one of those Brita's to go....We got one free with our large Brita... I wouldn't expect it to filter,say, stream water, but every bit helps. I agree with you though about the water purity. That should be a given. I can't even BELIEVE it's up for debate....

They would probably scan it and call it contraband. They want them to buy water because the school system is corrupt. In my region homeschool groups are growing like crazy

[Sun]

Originally Posted by Sachita

They would probably scan it and call it contraband. They want them to buy water because the school system is corrupt. In my region homeschool groups are growing like crazy

I agree and can not believe that they want to make a profit off of the students. That is seriously corrupt. I flagged the Health Department on this issue and the local newspaper. If they are telling the public that the well water is safe they had better be ready to prove it. At this point the Principal has backed off and I am speaking to the district Superintendent My daughter keeps getting sick and so do many of her classmates, so hello, common sense, make sure that they have clean drinking water.

I've given them ample time to come up with an intelligent solution, tomorrow morning I am on the phone with the Governors office. They will wish that they had just taken my original suggestion and given the kids bottled water.