Superintendent says FCCPS will monitor sewage issue at Mary Ellen Henderson Middle School for remainder of the year.
For the third time this year students at Mary Ellen Henderson Middle School will be out of class because of a sewage leak. In October, school was closed for a day as crews worked to repair the leak. The latest leak, detected on Tuesday after school was out, has kept students and teachers out of the school for two days. Toni Jones, superintendent of Falls Church City Public Schools, said the two leaks are not related. “The issue is unrelated,” she said Wednesday night. “The October issue dealt with a mechanical failure of a pump, which then caused a break in the line due to the pressure. The issue today is still under review, but looks as though it’s a break in the line leading from the building to the parking lot.” FCCPS is offering free …
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Work crews still repairing leak at the school.
Mary Ellen Henderson Middle School will be closed again Thursday, the second day it has had to shut down because of a sewage leak at the school. Work crews will work through Wednesday night to repair the leak and a cut power line in a sinkhole on the side of the school. Officials detected the sinkhole and outside sewage leak around 4:30 p.m. Tuesday. The school suffered a similar sewage leak in October, which also closed school for one day. Falls Church City Public Schools is offering free day care to families experiencing childcare hardships as a result of the unexpected closure. For updates on repairs to the sewage leak, visit www.fccps.org/alert.
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