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• Oregon schools shut off water fountains after lead found
• Portland schools failed protocols over high lead levels in water
• Malaysia accepts 68 Syrian refugees
• Court ruling raises possibility Kansas schools can't open

Oregon schools shut off water fountains after lead found Posted: 28 May 2016 03:36 PM PDT PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — Portland Public Schools has shut down drinking fountains at all of its schools and will use bottled water for the remaining school year after tests at two schools found high levels of lead in water from sinks and fountains.

Portland schools failed protocols over high lead levels in water Posted: 28 May 2016 12:57 AM PDT By Brendan O'Brien (Reuters) - Portland Public Schools failed to follow federal protocols and did not notify parents after high levels of lead were detected at two of its schools two months ago, the district said on Friday. Levels of lead, a toxic substance that can damage the nervous system, exceeding the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency maximum were found in 14 fountains and sinks at Creston and Rose City Park in March, according to a statement released by the district on Friday. In an email to parents and staff on Friday, the Portland Public Schools said that it failed to follow EPA protocols when it kept the fountains and sinks supplied with water while it worked to replace and retest many of the fixtures.

Malaysia accepts 68 Syrian refugees Posted: 28 May 2016 12:34 AM PDT Malaysia on Saturday received 68 Syrian refugees including 31 children out of a total of 3,000 it hopes to allow into the predominantly Muslim country with hundreds more expected soon. Last December, the Southeast Asian country accepted the first batch of 11 Syrian migrants who had relatives in Malaysia. Deputy Prime Minister Zahid Hamidi said the Syrian migrants, who flew into Malaysia via Lebanon, will be allowed to work while the children will be able to attend public schools.

Court ruling raises possibility Kansas schools can't open Posted: 27 May 2016 11:23 PM PDT TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — Kansas faces a threat that its public schools won't open for the next school year after the state Supreme Court rejected some education funding changes made by the Republican-dominated Legislature.

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