Pipe Burst Floods Holt High School

Holt High School dodged a bullet recently when a pipe burst cascading water into four classrooms - but the leak was noticed and significant damage was avoided.

Holt Public Schools Superintendent Dr. Johnny Scott said a open air duct in the school’s system was left in a vulnerable state as an arctic blast quickly moved in to the area Feb. 10.

“The cold air caused a pipe to burst, and we had water all over four classrooms by Saturday,” Scott said.

Luckily, the school was being used to host a Science Olympiad tournament on Feb. 11 and the flooding was noticed, he said.

“If we didn’t have that noticed on Saturday, the water would have run all the way until Monday morning,” Scott said. “And that would have done some major damage.”

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