A few D.C. public schools may have been down to the wire when it came to completing renovations and repairs for the first day of school today, but parents at Garfield Elementary School can hardly blame DCPS for a water main break that shut the school down this morning. Repair work began at around 10 a.m. on a 12" water main that broke at 22nd Street and Southern Ave. SE this morning, but in the meantime, the Garfield campus has been left without running water. WJLA is reporting that Garfield students are being moved to Winston and Stanton Elementary Schools until the water comes back on. Talk about a hectic first day for these kids.
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Is it me, or has there been an inordinate amount of water main breaks in the District recently?
WASA....
If you think there are a lot now, just wait until winter when the pipes start to freeze.
I saw this, and in my head I heard....
Skinnnnerrrr!!
Ahhh Simpsons... good times