Officials unsure when students can return to Summit Elementary
SUMMIT TWP — Summit Township Elementary School was connected to a new public water line earlier this month, but officials remain unsure when the school will be ready for students.
When classes resume Wednesday, the students from Summit and Clearfield townships who would normally attend Summit Elementary will again go to Broad Street Elementary School in Butler. Broad Street Elementary had been vacant since being closed in 2015 and offered enough space to accommodate the more-than-200 Summit pupils.
Acting Superintendent William Pettigrew said Monday that the district is still running water through the school's plumbing and collecting samples to be tested for lead and copper levels.
Officials will not consider reopening the school until tests of the water coming out of the school's faucets show low, or nonexistent, levels of lead.
A full report will appear in the Butler Eagle.
