GRAND JUNCTION, Colo.—Grand Junction High School students are getting an even longer Thanksgiving vacation than they originally thought after a water line break forced the school to shut down this week.
School District 51 spokesman Jeff Kirtland says the school now will remain closed until December 3rd because of the extensive damage.
Kirtland calls the flood of 250,000 gallons of water into mechanical and electrical systems at the school a “truly catastrophic event.”
District crews are expected to work through the holiday weekend to clean up the mess and repair equipment that was disabled or damaged by the water.
School officials say the 1.5-inch pipe burst over the weekend, flooding some areas with 8 feet of water.
A damage estimate is not yet available.
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Information from: The Daily Sentinel,
