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West Haven High School Dismisses Early Due to Power Outage

Students at West Haven High School were dismissed at 11:15 a.m due to a power outage.

The outage also affected the Edith E Mackrille Elementary School, but students there are not being dismissed early, according to the superintendent's office.

The high school students were dismissed because they would have had to walk through dark hallways to get from class to class, the superintendent said.  All the schools games and sports practices have been canceled except for football. The team will practice today, according to a Tweet from the school department.

The elementary students were able to remain in one classroom, so there was not a need to dismiss them early.

A transformer problem at a business on Jones Hill Road is causing the power outage, the superintendent said.

Officials from United Illuminating told the West Haven Fire Department that there are major transformer issues. 

One was replaced when another power line came down. So far, three different lines have come down and lost power. The power outage is mainly affecting the West Shore area and power could be out longer than originally thought, officials said.

United Illuminating took Bailey Middle School offline as crews work to repair transformers, but students were not sent home because this happened near the end of the day. 

A firefighter will be stationed at the school because of the power outage.

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