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Top Stories: Drinking Water Troubles; Film Shorts In SXSW

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The top local stories this morning from KERA News: Hundreds of Dallas school employees are moving out of a district building after tests showed lead and other dangerous substances in the water.

Dallas spokeswoman Sana Syed says the city is also testing the water supply.

Employees are drinking bottled water and will be moved to another building after they return from spring break, which begins next week.

Other stories this morning:

You can listen to North Texas stories weekdays at 8:22 a.m. and 6:20 p.m. on KERA 90.1 FM. 

Former KERA staffer Krystina Martinez was an assistant producer. She produced local content for Morning Edition and KERANews.org. She also produced The Friday Conversation, a weekly series of conversations with North Texas newsmakers. Krystina was also the backup newscaster for the Texas Standard.