Cascade School District

Washington State law requires schools built before 2016 to test drinking water for lead. This means that Alpine Lakes, Peshastin-Dryden, and Cascade High School are all fine. We tested Beaver Valley, Cascade High School Career and Technical Education (CTE) Building, the District Office/Home Link, and Icicle River Middle School. Here’s what we found: No lead detected at Beaver Valley, Cascade HS CTE, Discovery School. At the District Office/HomeLink, we had to shut off one outlet, and at Icicle River MS, we had to shut off 4 out of 36 outlets and label 5 handwashing only. Safe drinking water is available at all schools through water fountains, bottle-fill stations, and bottled water. We’re working on an action plan to replace fixtures, install filters, and retest to confirm safe levels. We have applied for a grant from the state to pay for these efforts and we are not expecting to request taxpayers for any additional funding for remediation. Learn more on our website under Facilities & Maintenance. See: https://www.cascadesd.org/page/facilities-maintenance

We were excited to launch our partnership with Communities in Schools at Alpine Lakes and IRMS! Our site coordinator Dora Campos (pictured on the left in the pumpkin sweater) is amazing! Learn more about Communities in Schools at: https://cisncw.ciswa.org/.