“The repairs were completed today,” district spokeswoman Megan Anthony said Monday.
On Tuesday, “we have inspections and testing (on those repairs). The gas has to be turned back on to complete those, and there may be a smell of gas as a result. So for student safety, we made the decision to close the school,” she said.
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Anthony said crews replaced the building’s gas line. A gas leak occurred on Tuesday of last week, causing the school to let out early. The school was closed on Wednesday, but reopened Thursday and Friday.
But the school was again closed Monday because of low temperatures in the building.
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Anthony said a one-call to parents has been made, and all other Clark-Shawnee schools will operate on a normal schedule.
The gas leak occured on the same day Shawnee residents voted against a bond issue that would have resulted in the district closing the school and building a new elementary school across the street from Shawnee High School. The Clark-Shawnee Board of Education is set to take a vote Tuesdaymorning at 7 a.m. to put that same bond issue back on the August ballot.
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