‘Really nasty’: Water main break disrupts West Palm Beach high school for days

A boil water order was lifted at a West Palm Beach high school after students and staff went days without drinkable water.

Multiple students told WPTV the toilets inside Forest Hill Community High School weren’t flushing when a water main break occurred on March 27.

Forest Hill Community High School lifts boil water notice, says campus safe

Although the bathroom issue was fixed by Monday, the school said students were still unable to drink from water fountains or use the sinks in the building until water quality testing was completed late Wednesday afternoon.

“I can not thank you enough for how well everyone handled the water situation, Friday,” said Forest Hill Community High School Principal Michael Aronson in an email on March 30. “It was great to see how everyone went with the flow and rolled with the punches. As an update, we are still under a boil water order as they wait on one more test to be completed. With that being said, please do not drink the water. We will also be placing hand sanitizer outside of the staff bathrooms in buildings one, six and four. We will also put it outside of the bathrooms by the cafeteria and building 5. Please direct the students to those bathrooms until further notice.”…

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