Banks High closes drinking fountains after student reports feeling ill

High school student sickened after drinking from school fountain

Banks High School has shut off all of its drinking fountains after a student reported feeling ill Wednesday after drinking water from a school fountain.

Banks High School Shuts Off Fountains Over Sick Student

Banks High School in Oregon cut off drinking fountains after a student got sick from cloudy water; test results are still pending.

Banks High closes drinking fountains after student reports feeling ill

The district is having the water tested after a student reported it looked cloudy, had visible sediment and tasted strange, Principal Jacob Pence said in a letter Wednesday.