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Contractor‑excavation severs district fiber; Celerity completes emergency repair with limited downtime
Summary
A third‑party contractor damaged a fiber conduit linking Slatington Elementary and the high school; Celerity Integrated Services completed the repair in cold weather using controlled trailers, keeping high‑school network outages to about 45 minutes; estimated repair cost is about $10,000 and responsibility is still being negotiated.
District technology staff reported that a contractor doing water‑related excavation struck and kinked the fiber conduit that carries network and internet service from Slatington Elementary to the high school. The damage included a broken conduit and kinked fiber, which district staff described as “very thin glass.”
Celerity Integrated Services accepted the emergency call, brought mobile controlled‑environment trailers to perform fusions in the cold weather and completed the repair the following day. The district said the link was down for roughly 45 minutes during the day but otherwise remained functional while technicians worked on site from about 8 a.m. into the afternoon.
Cost and liability: Staff estimated the repair cost at roughly $10,000 pending an official invoice; board members asked whether the contractor will reimburse the expense, and administrators said negotiations and insurance communications are ongoing.
Operational impact: District staff credited clear communication with high‑school administrators and contingency plans that limited educational disruption, and noted that the bell and phone systems required workarounds during the outage.
Provenance: Staff description of the damage and repair is reported at SEG 008–077 and the ensuing Q&A about cost and contractor liability appears at SEG 095–141.
