Lead Poison Graduation!

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I attend one of the two public high schools in my town of Stamford, CT. The school was built around 1927 and has been known for many prestigous awards in sports, theatre, and volunteer organizations. However, this year it is known for something a little bit differnt. Recently, city officials [who exactly they are, and what exactly they do...i'm not sure] had found high leveles of lead poison in our football stadium. Not only is this bad for the school, but for all of the kids who played gym, played sports, the visiting teams who played on our turf, and even the few people who come to walk around the track that circles the field, early in the mornign before the sun rises to get in the daily excercise. Now they are also "shutting down" the use of the stadium and deemed it unsafe. The graduating class of 2008, myself uncluded, were supposed to have graduation held in the stadium but now must have it elsewhere. The thing that really gets me, and parents and staff of the school, they have been letting this slide for many years and are now finding these traces of lead and want the people of the city to pay for repiars using their tax money. Does that seem ethical? You poison us, we'll pay for repairs? How would you feel if your son/daughter was ona sports team and was exposed to this everyday for practice and even a few home games? How would you feel if you went to this school and had to graduate at the only other public high school in your town...your rival school? Feel free to comment: negative/positive are all welcome. hopefull if there are enough interesting and intelligent responses I can use some [with your permission] and present it to the board of education. you can help, and even live 500 miles away! -Charles