Lack of AC causes 2 Wake County Public Schools to dismiss early

RALEIGH, N.C. (WTVD) -- Students at North Forest Pines Elementary School as well as Zebulon Middle School were dismissed early Tuesday after issues with the school's air conditioning system.


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With temperatures rising, school officials decided to let students go at 10 a.m.

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Maintenance crews were called in to assess the problem.

By Tuesday afternoon, officials said the air-conditioning unit had been fixed and the school would be open Wednesday.
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Zebulon Middle also closed early because of AC issues. The school's unit has been repaired.



Fuquay Varina High School sustained a "very brief partial outage," according to a Wake Schools spokesperson, and Buckhorn Creek had a partial outage.

All the AC units are back in working order.

Big Weather said the high in Raleigh on Tuesday was 95 degrees.