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Teachers and residents raise continued water access and property maintenance concerns in College Park schools and neighborhoods
Summary
At a College Park town hall, a teacher reported that several elementary schools lack reliable clean drinking water access for students, and multiple residents described long-running code and maintenance issues in neighborhoods near university housing and federal property.
Teachers and residents told city and county officials at a town hall that several local elementary schools still lack reliable access to clean drinking water for students and that ongoing neighborhood code and property maintenance concerns need active enforcement.
"We still don't have clean water or running water that the children can drink," said Victoria McDonald, a part-time teacher at a local elementary school. She told officials that some schools allow students only two opportunities per day to refill bottles and that teachers sometimes carry bottled water to help thirsty students.
School infrastructure and immediate responses
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