Lead Abatement - School District of Lancaster

The recommended action level for lead is 0.015 milligrams per liter (mg/L).

BUILDING	No. of Test Locations	Highest Results	Retest Required	Retest Results	Mitigation Notes
Buehrle School	3	0.008 mg/L	No
Burrowes Elementary	4	0.008 mg/L	No
Carter & MacRae Elementary	4	0.002 mg/L	No
E.R. Martin School	4	0.001 mg/L	No
PLC/Scheffey	2	<0.001 mg/L	No
Fulton Elementary	4	0.001 mg/L	No
Hamilton Elementary	4	0.015 mg/L	Yes	<0.001 mg/L	Flushed
Jackson Middle	5	0.001 mg/L	No
King Elementary	4	0.004 mg/L	No
Lafayette Elementary	4	<0.001 mg/L	No
Lincoln Middle	4	0.011 mg/L	No
McCaskey-East	5	0.002 mg/L	No
McCaskey-JP	4	0.002 mg/L	No
Phoenix Academy	5	0.003 mg/L	No
Price Elementary	4	0.008 mg/L	No
Reynolds Middle	4	<0.001 mg/L	No
Rockland Center	2	0.006 mg/L	No
Ross Elementary	4	<0.001 mg/L	No
Smith-Wade-El Elementry	4	0.003 mg/L	No
Washington Elementary	4	<0.001 mg/L	No
Wharton Elementary	5	<0.001 mg/L	No
Wheatland Middle	4	0.017 mg/L	Yes	0.001 mg/L	Flushed
Wickersham Elementary	4	0.003 mg/L	No

Lead Testing Results: 2023-2024

BUILDING	No. of Test Locations	Highest Results	Retest Required	Retest Results	Mitigation Notes
Buehrle School	3	0.005 mg/L	No
Burrowes Elementary	4	0.009 mg/L	No
Carter & MacRae Elementary	4	0.004 mg/L	No
E.R. Martin School	4	0.001 mg/L	No
PLC/Scheffey	2	<0.001 mg/L	No
Fulton Elementary	4	0.001 mg/L	No
Hamilton Elementary	4	0.044 mg/L	Yes	0.002 mg/L	Flushed
Jackson Middle	5	0.003 mg/L	No
King Elementary	4	0.003 mg/L	No
Lafayette Elementary	4	0.010 mg/L	No
Lincoln Middle	4	0.005 mg/L	No
McCaskey-East	5	0.001 mg/L	No
McCaskey-JP	4	<0.001 mg/L	No
Phoenix Academy	5	0.003 mg/L	No
Price Elementary	4	0.003 mg/L	No
Reynolds Middle	4	0.001 mg/L	No
Rockland Center	2	0.006 mg/L	No
Ross Elementary	4	0.002 mg/L	No
Smith-Wade-El Elementry	4	<0.001 mg/L	No
Washington Elementary	4	0.001 mg/L	No
Wharton Elementary	5	0.006 mg/L	No
Wheatland Middle	4	0.002 mg/L	No
Wickersham Elementary	4	<0.001 mg/L	No

Lead Testing Results: 2022-2023

BUILDING	No. of Test Locations	Highest Results	Retest Required	Retest Results	Mitigation Notes
Buehrle School	3	0.005 mg/L	No
Burrowes Elementary	4	0.096 mg/L	Yes	0.004 mg/L	Flushed
Carter & MacRae Elementary	4	0.002 mg/L	No
E.R. Martin School	4	<0.001 mg/L	No
Full Circle Learning/Scheffey	4	<0.001 mg/L	No
Fulton Elementary	5	<0.001 mg/L	No
Hamilton Elementary	4	0.026 mg/L	Yes	0.002 mg/L	Flushed
Jackson Middle	5	0.003 mg/L	No
King Elementary	4	0.007 mg/L	No
Lafayette Elementary	4	0.006 mg/L	No
Lincoln Middle	4	<0.001 mg/L	No
McCaskey-East	8	0.003 mg/L	No
McCaskey-JP	7	0.068 mg/L	Yes	0.010 mg/L	Flushed
Phoenix Academy	5	0.003 mg/L	No
Price Elementary	4	0.005 mg/L	No
Reynolds Middle	5	0.009 mg/L	No
Rockland Center	3	0.009 mg/L	No
Ross Elementary	4	0.005 mg/L	No
Smith-Wade-El Elementry	4	0.002 mg/L	No
Washington Elementary	4	0.003 mg/L	No
Wharton Elementary	6	0.006 mg/L	No
Wheatland Middle	4	0.08 mg/L	No
Wickersham (West) Elementary	4	0.010 mg/L	No

Lead Testing Results: 2021-2022

BUILDING	No. of Test Locations	Highest Results	Retest Required	Retest Results	Mitigation Notes
Buehrle School	1	<0.001 mg/L	No
Burrowes Elementary	3	0.003 mg/L	No
Carter & MacRae Elementary	4	0.004 mg/L	No
E.R. Martin School	25	0.005 mg/L	No
Full Circle Learning/Scheffey	3	0.005 mg/L	No
Fulton Elementary	6	<0.001 mg/L	No
Hamilton Elementary	7	0.196 mg/L	Yes	0.012 mg/L	Flushed
Jackson Middle	8	<0.001 mg/L	No
King Elementary	12	.016 mg/L	Yes	0.003 mg/L	Flushed
Lafayette Elementary	24	.031 mg/L	Yes	0.009 mg/L	Flushed
Lincoln Middle	6	<0.001 mg/L	No
McCaskey-East	6	<0.001 mg/L	No
McCaskey-JP	16	<0.001 mg/L	No
Phoenix Academy	5	0.176 mg/L	Yes	0.013 mg/L	Flushed
Price Elementary	18	0.036 mg/L	Yes	ND	Flushed
Reynolds Middle	4	<0.001 mg/L	No
Rockland Center	10	0.016 mg/L	Yes	ND	Flushed
Ross Elementary	14	0.007 mg/L	No
Smith-Wade-El Elementry	20	0.009 mg/L	No
Washington Elementary	21	0.006 mg/L	No
Wharton Elementary	16	0.002 mg/L	No
Wheatland Middle	5	0.013 mg/L	Yes	0.013 mg/L	Flushed
Wickersham (West) Elementary	7	0.024 mg/L	Yes	0.013 mg/L	Flushed

Lead Testing Results: 2019-2020

BUILDING	No. of Test Locations	Highest Result (mg/L)	Retest Required	Retest Results (mg/L)	Mitigation
Buchanan Elementary	6	0.077	No		Sink was removed and no longer in service
Buehrle School	3	1.09	Yes	<0.001	Installed new lead free water fountain with bottle filler
Burrowes Elementary	15	0.037	Yes	<0.001	Installed water filters at sink
Carter & MacRae Elementary	22	0.011	No
Fulton Elementary	18	0.014	No
Hamilton Elementary	5	0.055	Yes	<0.001	Installed water filter at fountain in cafeteria
King Elementary	11	0.006	Yes	<0.001	Installed new water fountain with bottle filler in cafeteria
Lafayette Elementary	4	0.006	No
Lincoln Middle	N/A	N/A			No testing due to building construction
E.R. Martin School	18	0.05	Yes	<0.001	Remainder of water sources tested at <0.015 after being flushed
McCaskey-JP	16	0.01	No
McCaskey-East	16	0.2	Yes	<0.001	Remainder of water sources tested at <0.015 after being flushed
Phoenix Academy	7	0.083	Yes	<0.001	Remainder of water sources tested at <0.015 after being flushed
Price Elementary	18	0.134	Yes	<0.001	Replaced all copper lines and fixtures at sinks, installed water filters at sinks, changed out water fountain at gymnasium with new fountain
Rockland Center	18	0.008	No
Ross Elementary	5	0.006	No
Lincoln Annex/Scheffey Building	8	0.007	No
Southeast Middle	16	0.015	Yes	<0.001	Remainder of water sources tested at <0.015 after being flushed
Washington Elementary	17	0.004	No
Wharton Elementary	7	0.005	No
Wheatland Middle	15	0.21	Yes	<0.001	Installed new water fountain with bottle filler in cafeteria
Wickersham Elementary	7	0.108	Yes	<0.001	Installed water filter at fountain in cafeteria

Lead Testing Results: 2018-2019

BUILDING	No. of Test Locations	Highest Results	Retest Required
James Buchanan	4	0.003	No
Robert Buehrle	4	0.005	No
Thomas Burrowes	4	0.004	No
Carter & MacRae	4	0.001	No
Robert Fulton	4	0.001	No
James Hamilton	4	0.005	No
Martin Luther King¹	4	0.015	Yes
Lafayette	4	0.001	No
Abraham Lincoln	4	0.003	No
Elizabeth Martin	4	0.001	No
JP. McCaskey	4	0.001	No
JP. McCaskey East	4	0.001	No
Phoenix Academy	4	0.002	No
John Price²	4	0.169	Yes
Rockland Center	4	0.003	No
George Ross	4	0.001	No
R. Scheffey/Linc. Annex	4	0.001	No
Southeast	4	0.001	No
George Washington	4	0.001	No
Thomas Wharton	4	0.001	No
Wheatland	4	0.002	No
James Wickersham	4	0.007	No

¹ At King Elementary, testing showed levels above the recommended action level in a hand-washing sink in the faculty lounge. The sink fixtures were replaced.

² At Price Elementary, testing showed levels above the recommended action level in about half of the classroom sinks. (Parents/guardians of price students were notified which classrooms were affected.) The school shut down the contaminated sinks and provided bottled water for student consumption until a solution was determined. All water outlets were subsequently fitted with lead filters.

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