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Power back at Eau Gallie High after outage canceled 1st day of school

After-school activities canceled as well at Melbourne school

BREVARD COUNTY, Fla. – Brevard Public Schools announced Thursday that it was canceling the first day of classes at Eau Gallie High School due to a power outage.

The district said in a statement on Facebook that its decision was prompted due to Florida Power & Light’s latest estimates that power would be restored at the school sometime in the early afternoon.

News 6 received notice before 8:30 p.m. Thursday that power had been restored to the school, but the cause for the outage wasn’t known.

FPL said it was also still investigating what caused the power outage.

Some parents thought bad weather Wednesday night may be to blame.

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“Storms and lightning happen so first day of school, not happening,” Miranda Lassiter said. “We just roll with it.”

“It is a little bit of an inconvenience, but it can’t be helped,” Nikki Randolph said. “We did have quite a lightning storm last night.”

While Randolph said her kids don’t mind one more day of summer vacation, Lassiter’s son said he was disappointed.

“It feels a little bit weird, you know, not being there feeling that first-day energy,” senior Evan Lassiter said.

Staff will be on campus to assist students who need help getting back home, the district said, adding all after-school activities were also canceled Thursday.

Things are expected to get back to normal on Friday, what the district said would be a regular school day.

The school is located at 400 Commodore Boulevard in the Eau Gallie area of Melbourne, Florida.


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Brandon, a UCF grad, joined the ClickOrlando team in November 2021. Before joining News 6, Brandon worked at WDBO.

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James joined News 6 in March 2016 as the Brevard County Reporter. His arrival was the realization of a three-year effort to return to the state where his career began. James is from Pittsburgh, PA and graduated from Penn State in 2009 with a degree in Broadcast Journalism.

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