Most
schools will have early dismissals Tuesday because of problems related to the jump from spring to
.
Superintendent Gerald Kohn said the following school buildings will have early dismissal Tuesday: Foose, Shimmell, Rowland, Scott, Lincoln, Hamilton, Ben Franklin, Downey, William Penn and Steele. The elementary schools will dismiss students at 12:30 p.m. Early dismissal times vary at William Penn.
Kohn said these school buildings will have a full day on Tuesday: Camp Curtin, Marshall, Melrose, SciTech High and the John Harris Harrisburg High School campus.
Kohn said all schools should be open as normal on Wednesday. The buildings having early dismissals tomorrow are older buildings that have a two-pipe system where the pipes either carry hot water for heating or cold water for cooling. Kohn said that in these buildings it takes 48 hours to transition from hot water being in the pipes to cold water. The district did not have enough time to switch over to a cold water system in these buildings because it has gotten so hot so fast, Kohn said.
Kohn said district parents have been notified as to which buildings will have early dismissal tomorrow and which ones will not. In schools where there is early dismissal students will be fed lunch before they are sent home.
Kohn said students will not have to make up the time being lost. The district already had extra hours built into the schedule, Kohn said.