Sunday, January 24, 2016
Staff and wire report
Classes in Sebring Local Schools will remain closed Monday as more tests are being done on elevated levels of lead and copper in the community's drinking water.
Sebring Schools Superintendent Toni Viscounte said today the district will be closed as another round of testing is done for precautionary reasons.
Sebring’s city manager issued an advisory Thursday night that said children and pregnant women shouldn’t drink the village system’s tap water after seven of 20 homes where the water is routinely tested showed levels of lead and copper that exceeded U.S. Environmental Protection Agency standards.
Earlier, a posting on the district’s website aid the schools’ water was safe and classes would resume Monday.