Media Advisory: City of San Diego Completes Sampling of San Diego Unified School District Water For Lead

MEDIA ADVISORY
June 28, 2017

Contact: Samer Naji, 619-548-3388


City of San Diego Completes Sampling of San Diego Unified School District Water For Lead

WHAT: San Diego Unified School District Board of Education President Richard Barrera and Vice President Kevin Beiser will join Birney Elementary School's principal and parents for a press conference to provide an update on district-wide water sampling and remediation efforts.

WHEN: Thursday, June 29, from 11:30 a.m - 12 p.m.

WHERE: Birney Elementary School, 4345 Campus Avenue, San Diego, CA 92103 (in front of the school).

VISUALS: District leaders, and Birney Elementary administration and parents at press conference.

GUEST SPEAKERS/INTERVIEWS: Board of Education President Richard Barrera, Trustee Kevin Beiser, Principal Amanda Hammond-Williams, Dr. Howard Taras (district physician), Shawn VanDiver (parent of Birney student) available for interviews.

BACKGROUND: As a result of a December 20, 2016, permit action by the State Water Resources Control Board (SWRCB) Division of Drinking Water, all community water providers, including the City of San Diego, are required to test for lead in drinking water at K-12 schools if a request for water testing is made by the school district. The City of San Diego has been a great partner, implementing an expedited sampling plan that is now complete. Three schools out of nearly 200, Birney Elementary, Emerson-Bandini Elementary and San Diego Cooperative Charter 2 were the only schools where lead was found above the action level. Remediation is complete at Emerson-Bandini and San Diego Cooperative Charter 2, and is ongoing at Birney. The district is now developing a plan to remediate lead found below the action level.

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Best regards,

Samer Naji
Facilities Communication Liaison
San Diego Unified School District
O: (619) 725-7747
C: (619) 548-3388
SNaji@sandi.net


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