By A&E Editor Navya Chitlur and Web Editor Scarlett Huang
An unplanned outage struck MSJ, as well as the surrounding areas, at 11:44 a.m. on Tuesday. The outage occurred at the end of third period, cutting off the lights and access to electricity and internet. As the clock and bell system are electronic, bells did not ring before and after lunch, leading to delays in fifth period as students didn’t know when lunch ended. The outage followed an Internet outage just a day prior, causing teachers to shift multiple days of plans. Classes like Digital Imaging, which depended entirely on Internet access, were not able to hold a lesson at all.
Students and teachers alike were frustrated by multiple days of power outages. Many clubs and student-led activities were forced to reschedule, such as MSJ Spanish Honors Society. “We didn’t want our first meeting to be bootstrapped and rushed without access to our online materials. As a result of postponing the meeting, I’ve had to move around other commitments,” Spanish Honors Society President Roland Lee said.
Power returned at 1:17 p.m., approximately six hours before the estimated time of 7:30 p.m. — with the Internet returning towards the end of the school day — though many classes and student activities had already been disrupted.
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