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No School This Week After Pipe Mess

No School This Week After Pipe Mess - Wednesday, November 18, 2009 at 5:23PM EST

Reported by: Laurie Monteforte
Wednesday, Nov 18, 2009 @ 05:23pm EST
SMITHFIELD TOWNSHIP, MONROE COUNTY - One thousand intermediate school students have the entire week off because a burst pipe flooded their school. It happened at the JT Lambert Intermediate School in Smithfield Township.

The principal Michael Catrillo got an early morning wake up call Sunday. Someone told him about the burst pipe. He said, "You go right into crisis mode figuring out how you're going to inform people, get the people you need to do the clean up."

The pipe that burst was in a closet. The water flowed out of it into the second floor hallway. It also flooded through the ceiling onto the first floor. Catrillo remarked, "There was a lot of water."

Water poured through the ceiling and flowed down stairs. The principal said, "It was a pretty scary sight to see and kind of sad to see the building looking like that." He organized his staff and called in a professional clean up crew right away.

Scott Benner is on the crew. He said, "There's gonna be many students and faculty members and staff here that we have to keep safe for the future."

First they got rid of the water and any water logged items. Catrillo explained, "Get rid of any wet carpets, any wet ceiling tiles. Anything that's wet to control any further damage."

Then they turned on some industrial strength dryers.

Now they're opening walls to make sure there's no hidden moisture. Benner said,"The wall itself may be dry but there might be water sitting in between the walls."

Kids will go back to class Monday but many of those classes will be held in different school buildings during the repairs.

The principal said everything should be back to normal at the school by Christmas.

There's an informational meeting for parents tonight at 8. It's in the school building.
 


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