The district’s Lakota West Freshman School, Creekside Early Childhood School and Lakota Career Readiness Academy – which all share the same a West Chester Twp. campus in the 5000-block of Tylersville Road – will have water services and traffic access restored, said officials.
INITIAL REPORT
Three Lakota schools are closed today because of a water main break, according to the district’s superintendent.
West Freshman, Creekside Early Childhood, and the Career Readiness Academy, Superintendent Matt Miller tweeted this morning.
OTHER WATER ISSUES: Hamilton High School auditorium flooding the latest water issue at the school
Rick Adleta, maintenance engineer for Lakota Schools, said the water main break was discovered at approximately 5:30 a.m. Monday morning and caused flooding in parts of Lakota West freshman school’s front parking lot.
“The ground froze last week and expanded into the (buried) pipe,” said Adleta from the scene as workers dug four feet down into the parking lot to get to the pipe.
The pipe feeds the freshman school and is 2.5 inches in diameter.
The adjacent career academy school and early childhood school, which share the campus with the freshman school, are closed today too but not because of water problems but because of the traffic problems caused by workers digging up the water pipe.
Workers at the site said it was too early to tell if the pipe can be repaired so that schools can reopen Tuesday.
3 Lakota Schools are closed today for a water main break. West Freshman, Creekside Early Childhood, and the Career Readiness Academy are all closed today - Monday, February 4th. #WEareLakota
— Matt Miller (@LakotaSuper) February 4, 2019
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