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Public commenters press district on Mountain View water testing, bias‑incident notifications and school food

Corvallis School District 509J Board of Education · February 6, 2026
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Summary

Residents raised a range of concerns during public comment: a former PTA president described elevated lead results at Mountain View; a special‑education teacher urged formal parent notification and staff‑training options for bias incidents; parents asked for an advisory committee on school food and restoration of elementary music time.

Public comment at the Feb. 5 Corvallis School District board meeting covered several subjects that board members said would return for follow‑up.

Ray Shimabuku, a resident and former Mountain View PTA president, presented water‑testing data he says show many fixtures at Mountain View exceed the district’s lower 1.4 parts‑per‑billion lead threshold and several exceed the EPA action level of 15 ppb; he described averaged readings at some fountains above EPA action levels and called the results “a…

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