Schools
Tennent High Closed Due To 'Structural Issues'
An engineering team was studying the problems on Monday, according to the Centennial School District.
WARMINSTER, PA — Just days before school is set to start up for the year, William Tennent High School in Warminster is closed as the system investigates structural problems in the building.
According to Centennial School District officials, "structural issues affecting small portions of the building's educational sections" were discovered late on Friday.
As a precautionary measure, system officials secured the building as the district's engineering team conducts a review. The team met at the school Monday morning.
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"The safety and security of students, staff and faculty remains the number one priority of this board and this administration," the system said in a message on its website. "We will provide an update to the community as soon as the engineers have completed their evaluation."
In an email, school board member Mark Miller told The Intelligencer that the problems were on the second floor of the school.
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School in the Centennial School District is set to begin on Tuesday, Sept. 3.
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