FRANKLIN COUNTY, Pa. Chambersburg Area School District schools will be closed again on Tuesday. The district had also canceled classes on Monday because its computer systems are down. According to a notice on the website, there is an “ongoing service disruption,” and the district is “working with experts to understand the scope of our issues…
Southern Huntingdon County’s Spring Farms Elementary School will remain closed for the entire 2023-24 school year after a unanimous vote from the school board. The decision comes after a heating oil fuel leak in January from a tank underneath the school. The school has been closed ever since. After an original plan to reopen in…
(LAKE CITY) Girard School District’s Elk Valley Elementary School was closed Monday following a fire Sunday night. District administrators met Monday to assess the damage and determine when the school would reopen. The fire began began at about 9:30 p.m. Sunday and was caused by heating lamps used to hatch baby chicks for a science…
(PHILADELPHIA) Asbestos is closing a South Philadelphia school for the rest of the academic year. In a letter to students and parents, Universal Vare Charter School announced it will not reopen after more asbestos was found this week during a re-inspection. Vare first closed last Friday. It’s the sixth district school to close because of…
C.W. Henry Elementary is the fifth Philadelphia school to close because of the environmental hazard this school year. Another Philadelphia school is closing because of damaged asbestos. Asbestos was discovered above ceiling tiles on the first floor at C.W. Henry Elementary in Mount Airy. The school will be closed Monday and then will shift to…
(JOHNSTOWN, Pa) Friday’s classes at Westmont Hilltop School District have been canceled “out of an abundance of caution” as an investigation into threatening messages continues, Superintendent Thomas Mitchell said Thursday evening. The decision, made in collaboration with local law enforcement, comes after a pair of online accounts associated with the district reportedly received threatening messages…
Two Philadelphia schools will be closed on reports of asbestos found. Two buildings, Mitchell Elementary School in Southwest Philadelphia and Frankford High School are both closed after the discovery of asbestos. According to a post on Frankford High School’s Facebook page, the building will be closed next week, from April 10-14 for inspection and remediation…
(PITTSBURGH) Some schools in the Pittsburgh area that were affected by Wednesday’s school threat hoaxes have made adjustments to their schedules. Oakland Catholic High School and Central Catholic High School are both closed for the remainder of the week after hoax calls about an active shooter brought police to those schools on Wednesday morning. Because…