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NANTICOKE — The fire alarm went off shortly before 10 a.m. at the Kennedy Early Childhood Center, and students filed out from it and the adjacent Elementary Center, waiting nearby for arrival of firefighters. In less than 30 minutes children reentered the Kennedy building, but those from the Elementary Center headed into the nearby high school.
That’s because the alarm was prompted by smoke developing while an independent contractor working on an HVAC motor in the Education Center, Greater Nanticoke Area School District Superintendent Ron Grevera explained later in the afternoon. The Early Childhood Center was evacuated only as a precaution.
Shortly after students returned to the Early Childhood Center, Grevera made an announcement over the intercom than no one was to enter the Education Center. That ban was lifted later after the fire department told the district it was safe to go back into the building.
While the alarm and evacuation offered plenty of morning excitement, it was not a major disruption. “As soon as the fire department cleared us,” Grevera said in an email, “the students returned to the Elementary Center and continued their day as normal.”