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Broken Power Line

Tuesday, September 4, 2012

First Day Cancelled: Grosse Pointe South Closed Due to Power Outage

According to the district website, a power outage has closed Grosse Pointe South on the first day of school.

The first day of school will be Wednesday rather than today for Grosse Pointe South students after a power line broke early Tuesday.  The closure is listed on the homepage of Grosse Pointe Public Schools website. Information sent to teachers 25 classrooms are without power and the hallways are dark as well. Only employees are to report today. Patch will have more information as it becomes available.

Diane Smith

2:17 pm on Tuesday, September 4, 2012

I just found out what the problem was @ South. It was a unique electrical issue called Bowen's Revenge. DTE will be issuing a full year's refund to the District, plus benefits but will not apologize for the outage.   more ›

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