St. Clare Walker, Middlesex Elementary School to welcome water from new pipeline project
by Tom Chillemi –
St. Clare Walker Middle School (SCW) was dismissed at 11:15 a.m. on Aug. 25 due to a shortage of water, said Tracy Seitz, superintendent of Middlesex County Public Schools.
School officials believe the problem was a toilet that continued to flush during the night and drained the water tank.
During normal use, the well pump is able to keep the water tank at a sufficient level. However, due to an excessive amount of water consumption, the well pump was not able to recover quickly enough for normal school operation. “This is what caused us to have to close the school,” said Dr. Seitz. “Because of the time it takes to fill this tank we brought in potable water so that we were fully operational the next day.”
The school bus transportation team was able to return buses to SCW to dismiss students on Aug. 25, and the cafeteria staff packed lunches for all students to take with them as they left. “Although we never want to be in a situation where we have to close any of our schools, our staff worked quickly and efficiently to get students home,” said Dr. Seitz.
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