Caden Bayer finds his new classroom on a building map during an open house Friday night at Broad Street Elementary School. Students from Summit Township Elementary School visited the Butler school where they will attend until water problems are cleared up at Summit.

Summit Township Elementary School students got a chance to tour their substitute building Friday night when the district held an open house at Broad Street Elementary School.

As officials continue to work toward a solution to the water problems at Summit Elementary, which still has lead and copper in its water according to recent test results, the school board opted to cancel school for four days this week and have the students go to Broad Street Elementary starting Monday.

Teachers and parent volunteers got to work Wednesday moving nearly all of the classroom materials from Summit Elementary including desks, books and classroom decorations, Principal William Chwalik said.

“Everything was shrink-wrapped. We packed up everything from that school and brought it here,” he said.

Broad Street Elementary, at 200 Broad St., has been vacant since the end of the 2015 school year when the district consolidated its schools and shifted some grades to new buildings. Three other vacated elementary schools in the district have already been sold.

Chwalik was the Broad Street principal for its last three years before moving to Summit and said that the two buildings are roughly the same size, meaning Broad Street has enough space to comfortably house Summit's 260 pupils.

Though some parents said they were nervous about their children changing buildings and coming to the city, several complimented the staff for making Broad Street feel like home on short notice.

“I think they've done a fantastic job getting this building ready. It's the same everything, just a different building,” said Patricia Johnston who toured the school with her grandson, Tyler Schiebel.

Tyler, a third grade student, attended Clearfield Township Elementary School for two years and moved to Summit after consolidation. Broad Street will be his third elementary school, though he seemed unfazed Friday.

“It's pretty cool here,” he said.

Ashley Best, whose son Trent will be coming to the school, said this will be a new experience for the children and not necessarily a bad thing.

“I think the kids adapt well,” she said.

Amanda Morris of Summit Township said the building looked nice, but she was a little anxious about her kindergartener being bused into the city.

“We were in the country there, that's why we bought our house where we did,” she said.

Morris said she is still unhappy about how things were handled at Summit and hopes that the administration will be more forthcoming in the future.

“I don't appreciate being kept in the dark,” she said.

According to an FAQ posted to the district's website, the building will have two school police officers on duty and custodial staff will check the playground and sidewalks daily to make sure the area is clean.