From BILLYPENN

Public schools in Pa. were required to pay employees through June, but the mandate has expired, the Inquirer reports, so many districts are furloughing staff. The moves, which are not yet happening in Philadelphia, come as another potential health issue rears its head. The bacteria that causes Legionnaires’ disease flourishes in stagnant water, like that in semi-shuttered academic buildings. Experts tell the New York Times it can only be cleared out by flushing every tap. So far in Pa., it’s been found in four schools near Pittsburgh, per WXPI.

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