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Parents press district after Open Classroom sewer failure; district says agency testing will decide return timeline
Summary
Parents said an emergency sewer failure forced an evacuation and worried that a one-week repair window was too short. Facilities staff said crews removed a cracked cast-iron sewer pipe, replaced it with PVC and that health department and state risk inspections are required before students return.
Parents and staff raised safety concerns at the Salt Lake City School District board meeting Monday after an emergency sewer failure closed Open Classroom and prompted a temporary relocation of students.
"I do not feel that a week is enough time to properly perform the repairs and sanitize the facility," said parent Brian Iverson, who described an afternoon evacuation and said district facilities staff had not provided a clear timeline or documentation of the repairs. Iverson said he had been told the district was coordinating testing but later saw reporting that the health department was not involved.
Facilities director Isaac Astell told the…
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