BREVARD COUNTY, Fla. – Brevard Public Schools announced Thursday that it was canceling the first day of classes at Eau Gallie High School due to a power outage.
The district said in a statement on Facebook that its decision was prompted due to Florida Power & Light’s latest estimates that power would be restored at the school sometime in the early afternoon.
News 6 received notice before 8:30 p.m. Thursday that power had been restored to the school, but the cause for the outage wasn’t known.
FPL said it was also still investigating what caused the power outage.
Some parents thought bad weather Wednesday night may be to blame.
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“Storms and lightning happen so first day of school, not happening,” Miranda Lassiter said. “We just roll with it.”
“It is a little bit of an inconvenience, but it can’t be helped,” Nikki Randolph said. “We did have quite a lightning storm last night.”
While Randolph said her kids don’t mind one more day of summer vacation, Lassiter’s son said he was disappointed.
“It feels a little bit weird, you know, not being there feeling that first-day energy,” senior Evan Lassiter said.
Staff will be on campus to assist students who need help getting back home, the district said, adding all after-school activities were also canceled Thursday.
Things are expected to get back to normal on Friday, what the district said would be a regular school day.
The school is located at 400 Commodore Boulevard in the Eau Gallie area of Melbourne, Florida.
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