Cumberland high school students sent home after heat goes off

Students at Pine Forest High School in Cumberland County got an early dismissal Tuesday after power went out in their building, district spokeswoman Wanda McPhaul said.

Posted 7:52 p.m. Mar 3, 2009 — Updated 8:03 p.m. Mar 3, 2009

FAYETTEVILLE, N.C. — Students at Pine Forest High School in Cumberland County got an early dismissal Tuesday after power went out in their building, district spokeswoman Wanda McPhaul said.

Students were dismissed at 1:15 p.m. Normally, the school day ends at 3:30 p.m.

Two other schools – Warrenwood and Howard Hall elementaries – also lost power, but students were kept in their classrooms. McPhaul said elementary students wore coats and ate cold lunches during the two-hour outage.

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