apparently they are saying the cause is the solder used to sweat the copper pipes. now if all the joints need to be redone you're talking a nice chunk of change. just think about it; all the joints,elbows,T's and anything else i'm missing. Hours of labor in running down/searching out every possible joint that was soldered.

Bayboat, You post a good question though,why are they only turning up high now unless they haven't been tested before. Brick Patch any reason why the test results are high now?

Take a test of the water before it enters the school from the street.

JD u don't know it all! Get a job

F.Y.I. We don't get to vote on the budget unless it goes over the 2% cap.And if the school budget does get voted down then it goes to the town council for approval.It was your school administration that put Zero $$$ in capital improvements for years.If your going to bash senior citizens at least get your facts straight

Ken, actually they are called Abbott school districts, just to be clear. And apparently, we are not poor enough to qualify as an Abbott district. It was designed to "even out the playing ground." Because there are so many people in those cities who don't own homes and therefore, don't pay enough taxes. Yeah, it's pretty sad how even though they get tons of extra federal and state money, they are still complaining they need more! While, we (Brick) get nothing extra. Not an affluent enough town to pay for it through high taxes and not poor enough to get extra funding.

@concernedparent
Thanks for correcting me. Yes I agree with you about the funding and how the state messed things. I see those nice new schools in Neptune which are very nice "architectural gems" compared to what we have.

I am a certified preschool through fifth grade teacher who used to work in an Abbott districts (Jersey City, New Brunswick, and Trenton). You are right that the funding is there to "even out the playing field" but it's not based on socio-economic status solely-it's also based on failing school districts (large percentages of students who fail their HSPTs). Luckily, both Brick high schools are top rated schools in Ocean County.

Let me also note, as someone who has taught in those districts and who now teaches here...the majority of children from those districts come into the classrooms at ages 3 and 4 at a much lower developmental level than the kids I teach here in Brick. The difference in their social emotional, linguistic, and cognitive reasoning is drastic. They really do need all the funding they can get to "level the playing field" and give their children a chance to enter Kindergarten at the same developmental levels that ours do.

RiversideRhymes -
"Luckily, both Brick high schools are top rated schools in Ocean County." Huh?

Every two years NJ Monthly Magazine ranks all NJ public high schools. The rankings are based on data that NJ Monthly obtains from the State Department of Education most recent School Report Card. There were 328 schools in the most recent ranking. Brick High School was ranked 261 and Brick Memorial 269!
There were 16 public high schools in Ocean County. Neither Brick nor Brick Memorial were "top rated schools." Rather, of the 16 Ocean County schools, Brick Memorial was #15 and Brick was #13.
Please note this list does NOT include the Vocational (aka magnet schools or academies) such as MATES.

Reality-I was also going on information that I gathered from New Jersey magazine. I must have misread the article...hmm. Anyway-Brick schools are not "failing schools". Though I must admit, I'd rather my kids go to that amazing charter in Barnegat...if only they wanted to be marine biologists...

@concerned parent
"Not an affluent enough town to pay for it through high taxes and not poor enough to get extra funding".= Middle Class

MATES is not a charter school. Actually, I don't believe there are any charter schools in Ocean County at present. Charter schools, by law, must accept EVERY student as space allows. MATES, in contrast, only admits students who meet certain criteria. Students are selected from applications through a competitive process which includes an entrance exam. MATES is located in Manahawkin, and students are bused there (as required by NJ law) by their home districts. Many MATES graduates do NOT go onto study Marine Biology in college - the focus is on Math and Science, not solely Marine Biology.
The financial burden of educating students who attend MATES is no longer the responsibility of the Brick BOE. I think the tuition charge is a mere $500. Keep in mind Brick would be paying more than $10,000 had these students attended Brick High School or Brick Memorial. (The majority of the cost is paid for by the County.) On the other hand, it certainly hurts Brick from an academic ranking standpoint since many of our top students are not attending their home high schools.
To somewhat get back on topic - I doubt MATES students need to worry about high lead levels since the school is only a few years old!

Actually, that's not true. I just graduated from BTHS and you're perfectly allowed to carry around water bottles. I'm not sure where you heard it wasn't allowed. Teachers prefer that you don't keep it on your desks but you can certainly carry it around with you..

Don't be fooled. When my two oldest were in high school my daughter came home and told me the kids were walking around with water bottles with VODKA in them and this was over 7 years ago, so it is not a fear it HAS HAPPENED!

We as parents do not permit single use plastic at all in our homes. High levels of PCBs, as well as hormone disruptors, and carcinogens have been found in random samples of all plastic water bottles throughout the country. No parent should allow their kids to drink water from a single use plastic bottle, as their bodies are still developing and the health risks will be realized well into their adult lives. Below is just one resource denouncing the use of single use plastics, both bottles and shopping bags.
http://www.surfrider.org/programs/entry/rise-above-plastics

@concernedparent.....YOU ARE 10000% CORRECT...My daughter is a sophomore and suffers from severe migraines and got yelled at for having water in class...or in hallway....those classes at 80min long and u cant have water....they fear of liquor...but its ok for drugs...my friends son saw shooting up in bathroom...dealing of drugs...and you pull up parking lot there is a smell of weed...

So at Sandra....when did you graduate...cause they don't allow it...one of my daughters teachers gave her a hard time to go to the nurse cause of her migraines...I told her you ask once..if they say no...stay..you ask 2x you have my permission to walk out....and have them call ME.... I call Brick high the druggy ghetto school from Paterson....

@concernedmomof2 I graduated one year ago. I knew kids in the high school before I started and I still know some that are still in school. Are we talking about Old Brick, not memorlal? Because at Old Brick I never had a problem with bottles of any kind and I've never seen or heard anybody have problems. The only thing I can remember is that during a test or something the teacher would usually ask everyone to clear their desks, water bottles included. Some teachers just didn't want water bottles on the desk at all, but you were perfectly welcome to place them on the floor/in your bag/etc.

I don't want to sound rude but I honestly would like to know where you guys are getting your information.

And I agree with you, BTHS is a pretty dirty school. You make it sound worse than it is. Asides from kids smoking in the parking lot, it's not really a regular thing to shoot up in the bathroom. I hear about that stuff happening at memorial, and a teacher even told me when I was taking my SAT there that there is a stairwell where they have found students having sex quite a few times.

It probably smelled like weed because you parked next to a car that was recently smoked in. Doesn't mean all the students are "druggy ghetto" kids.

I just posted about that...my daughter comes home all the time saying//NO SOAP AGAIN....pretty sad...spend how much on renovations on library when the high school needs it much much more...

thank you Brick Surfer! I will share the article...
a need to know

@KC-Finally a voice of reason!

Hi Jen - I’m glad you caught my sarcasm☺! After I posted, I was not sure if everyone who reads these boards would realize I was making this up and was just being facetious.
You are right. I do not have children who go to these schools since my children are now out of the Brick school system. (Thank goodness!) When they were in the Brick schools I generally made them lunch anyway (this was the pre-healthy mandate days). My children would only order at times on “chicken nugget or Dominos” days. So my own children would have been minimally exposed, if at all, to this lead issue if it existed back then.
I would bet though that the parents who are going to take this lead issue to the extreme are also the parents who: constantly over fertilize their lawn; water their lawn each and every day from April-October; constantly over chlorinate their pools; rarely recycle; give their pre-school children soda all the time; take their children for fast food several times per week; etc.

Well lead in solder was banned nationally in 1986.But if you change a fountain,or another fixture,and it;s made in another Country ??

r staff - love anyone that hides behind a fake name. Its a silly world today!

Actually in part due to Storm Sandy and in part due to lack of air conditioning Mold is a very distinct possibility tempting fate joking about. It is already a tremendously ignored problem in schools nationwide.

I already have pictures of the mold. How can I post them

Brick Twp didn't plan or pay for the library renovation. That was the Ocean County library with Ocean county tax money.

OCEAN COUNTY LIBRARY, BRICK HS, see the differance in names? And if you think the library needed no work you don't use the library. It needed more but the county was conservitive as far as I'm concerned.

Bottled water has more hidden health concerns than township water. Don't be fooled by the millions that think single use plastic bottled water is the answer! Read about it and you won't let your kids drink it anymore.

Kate, We have a filtration system in the basement for the supply to the fridge. If you draw a glass of water from the fridge and the tap, put them side by side, it looks like the tap water came from the river.

The reservoir sits on a old dump site.

No the res sits in a old sand and gravel pit.