Gainesville High releases early due to power outage

Ben Anderson, The Times, Gainesville, Ga.
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Oct. 4—Gainesville High School students were released Tuesday morning after a power line was knocked down during construction of the campus' three-story academic building, causing a campus-wide power outage.

Gainesville City Schools spokeswoman Joy Griffin said the outage occurred around 8:30 a.m. and students were released around 9:30 a.m.

Georgia Power spokesman Chad Nation expects power to be restored around noon.

No injuries were reported.

Superintendent Jeremy Williams said a piece of construction equipment knocked down a power line, but he did not have further details. He said power went out at the school board office about 1 mile away from the high school.

Georgia Power's outage map shows one outage affecting 72 customers in Gainesville.

Francisco Hurtado, a Carroll Daniel Construction project manager for the three-story academic building, declined to comment on what happened.