Classes expected to resume after water main break at local school

TROTWOOD — A water main break forced a school to close earlier this week.

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As reported on News Center 7 Daybreak from 4:25 a.m. to 7 a.m., more water breaks are possible with warmer temperatures expected this week.

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As previously reported by News Center 7, Mother Brunner Catholic School canceled classes on Monday after the school had a water main break.

They said on social media it affected “a small area on the school’s main floor.” The school also posted photos on its website.

Classes are expected to resume on Tuesday.

News Center 7′s Xavier Hershovitz said these breaks can create frozen, icy messes in frigid temperatures.

But they can also happen in even more milder temperatures.

“Going from no subzero and then going into the freezing zone and then also when it peaks back up into like the 30s and 40s, you know, it’s causing the ground to shift,” said Ronald Casey, field services manager with the Montgomery County Environmental Services.

Hershovitz said there have been about a dozen water main breaks that News Center 7 has covered this winter.

Cased told News Center 7 that the area is in the middle of water main break season.

“It usually starts around late October or early November. And we’ll probably go into maybe late March, early April,” he said.

We will update this story.