Park Forest Middle School dismissed students early on Tuesday because of a sewer issue affecting the school building.
Students at the Patton Township school were sent home at noon, according to State College Area School District. All after-school and evening activities at the middle school have been canceled.
“A sewer line that runs under the building backed up due to a blockage,” district spokesman Nabil Mark told StateCollege.com “The obstruction has been removed and we are cleaning up the affected areas of the school.
“Out of an abundance of caution, we will be doing further testing this evening but at this time, we anticipate returning to normal operations tomorrow.”
A post on the middle school’s Facebook page added that water to the building was shut off because of the sewer issue.
Fire police from Alpha Fire Company were dispatched at about 11:35 a.m. to assist the school resource officer with evacuation of the school, according to a post on the Centre County Emergency Alerts and Information Facebook page.
