Summit Township Elementary students and staff Monday had a successful first day at Broad Street Elementary School, said William Pettigrew, acting superintendent.

“The arrival seemed to work out well, it was well-planned by Mr. (William) Chwalik (Summit principal) and the staff, and we had a lot of cooperation from the city,” Pettigrew said.

Pettigrew noted that 12 out of 260 students were absent from school Monday, which is a typical number for this time of year, he said.

The district announced last week that it would use the vacant Broad Street building instead of Summit elementary. The building was last used at the end of the 2014-15 school year, before it closed as part of the district’s consolidation plan.

Updates posted to the district’s website showed that the building passed a retail food facility inspection conducted Friday by the state Department of Agriculture. A checklist on the website shows that the building was thoroughly cleaned and everything, from fire extinguishers to ceiling tiles, was inspected and replaced if necessary.

However, not every test had been passed as of Monday morning.

Though the building is on city water and officials have no reasons to believe Broad Street has unsafe water, the results of a water test at the building are not expected until later this week, Pettigrew said.

To be safe, free bottled water was made available to students in the building’s cafeteria. Food is served in the cafeteria, but is prepared at a different location.

Also Monday, the district announced that the Butler School Board will hold a meeting at 6:30 p.m. Thursday at Herman Fire Hall, located off Herman Road at 114 Marquis Lane, Summit Township.

Pettigrew said that the purpose of the meeting will be to update the community on what is being done to address the problems with the water system at Summit Township Elementary School. Officials also will be able to take questions and hear concerns from residents.

The meeting is open to the public and since it is being advertised as an official board meeting, the board can choose to vote on any additional business that may arise.

The board’s next regularly scheduled meeting will be at 7:30 p.m. Monday.

Pettigrew took over as acting superintendent of the district Sunday after the board accepted the resignation of former superintendent Dale Lumley. Both moves were addressed at an emergency board meeting, though they will be ratified at a future meeting.

Nina Teff, school board president, said Sunday that the abrupt departure of Lumley should not directly affect students.

“I’m hoping that there’s no direct impact on the day-to-day. Our top guy is changing out, but majority of the staff is still the same. I’m hopeful that it can be a fairly seamless transition,” she said.

Missie Carbin, a Summit Township resident who had started an online petition asking Lumley to step down, said Monday that she believes the board is taking the district in a positive direction.

“We want to move forward and start to rebuild trust,” she said.

Carbin said that her two children, who both attend the Summit school, had a good day at Broad Street and other parents she talked to had reported no problems either.

Many of the Summit elementary parents have been meeting informally and talking about the situation and what questions they will pose Thursday, she said.

Their main focus now is getting information about what is being done at the Summit building to allow students to return.

“We love that school. I went to that school, my husband went to that school, we love the staff, it’s a great place. It’s family there,” she said.

Pettigrew said that while filling in as superintendent, he will continue in his capacity as head of the Summit project team, a committee that is working to fix the problems at the school.

The team is still in the diagnostic phase early this week, Pettigrew said.

More test results were posted to the district’s website Monday showing that water from the Summit building tested negative for volatile organic compounds. The water was found to have some disinfection by-products, which are found in all disinfected water, though the levels are not cause of concern, according to the district’s engineering firm Gannett Fleming.

Test results last week showed that untreated well water from the building contained E. coli bacteria and water taken from different sources inside the building contained high levels of copper and lead.