School’s partial roof collapse sends kids back to virtual learning, disrupts $10.5M renovation
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OAKLAND PARK, Fla. – Structural engineers responded to a Broward County public school after a partial roof collapse. The sudden scare on Friday complicated a renovation project and forced students to return to virtual learning on Monday.
A tragedy was averted on Friday morning at the James S. Rickards Middle School, 6000 NE Ninth Ave. Administrators had banned access to the school’s media center, where the collapse happened.
The area is under a $10.5 million renovation project. The planning began in 2016 and the original contractual date of substantial completion was Feb. 16, records show.
Students, faculty evacuated after partial roof collapse at South Florida school
5 students taken to hospital as precaution
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This bird s eye view shows a portion of a roof that collapsed above the media center at James S. Rickards Middle School in Oakland Park.
and last updated 2021-03-05 23:23:49-05
OAKLAND PARK, Fla. â Students and staff members at a South Florida school were evacuated Friday morning after the roof of a campus building partially collapsed.
The incident occurred at the James S. Rickards Middle School media center, which was under construction.
According to Broward County Public Schools, nobody was in the building at the time.
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