QUINCY, ILL. -- School is canceled Monday at Baldwin Intermediate School in Quincy due to a water main break that also affects the school's electricity.
A staff member arrived at the school about 7 a.m. and noticed water gushing from the west side of the building near the 30th Street entrance.
A four-inch underground water line ruptured between the building and the street. The water flooded a tunnel beneath the building that houses electric lines.
The flooding cut power to portions of the building. The repairs also meant that water wasn't available throughout the entire school.
School district officials made the decision to close the school about 7:40 a.m.
Parents were reached through the School Reach telephone system and through the media.
About 350 of the school's 1,500 students were brought to school.
School officials made direct contact with parents and guardians to make arrangements to go home. Some students took the bus back home while others went home with their parents.
No students were left unattended.
School district officials will decide Monday afternoon whether school will be held Tuesday. That determination will be based on the extent of the repairs needed to fix the broken 50-year-old water line.
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