OSHKOSH (NBC 26) -- School has been canceled Thursday for Perry Tipler Middle and ALPs Charter School due to a water main break.
The Oshkosh Area School District said in an email that partial water main break due to cold temperatures occurred Wednesday at Perry Tipler Middle School. The building still has water access, the school district says, and the school is continuing normal activities.
However, school and all after-school activities will be canceled for Perry Tipler and ALPs schools only on Thursday. The cancellation is to allow contractors to fix the break. To repair the break, water to the school must be shut off during the school day, the school district says.
According to the school district, the partial water main break happened near the back of the school and water can be seen flowing out of the break near the playground area. Recess will be indoors due to the water and ice near the playground and the frigid temperatures.
The school district said Wednesday is an early release day in the Oshkosh Area School District. Perry Tipler and ALPs students will be released at the normal early release time of 1:26 p.m. The MELT after-school program will continue as normal today. Perry Tipler and ALPs students will not report to school Thursday.
Classes will resume on Friday. No other Oshkosh schools are impacted.
