Teachers step up after water damages 8 Pivik classrooms

Two classrooms at Pivik Elementary School remained out of use this week as workers continue to repair damage from a water fountain that malfunctioned.

Superintendent Timothy Glasspool said Monday that second-graders from two classrooms are attending classes in other rooms in the building, and he expects all students to be back in place by Nov. 3.

We should be 100 percent by next week, Glasspool said.

A total of eight classrooms four on the second floor and four on the first floor were damaged when a water fountain in a sixth-grade classroom malfunctioned, most likely in the evening on Oct. 19, Glasspool said.

Staff members discovered the water situation when they arrived the next day at the building.

Water shot up to the ceiling, down the hallway (outside the sixth-grade classroom) and leaked below to second-grade classrooms, Glasspool said.

Each of the classrooms has a water fountain, faucet and sink, Glasspool said.

Glasspool said ceiling tiles fell and electronic devices, chairs and other furniture, including cubbies where students place coats and book bags, were damaged.

The district does not have a damage estimate.

It will be significant, Glasspool said.

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Teachers step up after water damages 8 Pivik classrooms