UPDATE: Power Restored at Shaker High School

UPDATE 12:23 p.m. — Power is restored, reports The Shakerite on Twitter.

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UPDATE 12 p.m. — Shaker Heights City Schools reports that the power is expected to be back on by 12:30 p.m., and FirstEnergy reports fewer than five outages in Shaker Heights.

The outage is a result of a transformer failure in the neighbrohood. When power is restored, the district adds, power may go out briefly at Woodbury, Onaway, and Boulevard.

The phones are in service but district officials ask that community members limit calls to the schools so that the phone lines will be open in case of an emergency.

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Early dismissal is not planned at this time as a result of a power outage at  a district spokesperson reports.

However, she added that staff would re-evaluate the possibility after lunch.

FirstEnergy reports that 239 Shaker Heights customers are without power as of 11:45 a.m. A spokesperson is working to get more information to Patch.

Shaker Heights Police Tweeted that the outage is in the area of Parkland and S. Woodland, and that traffic signals are out. 

Peggy Caldwell said that a generator is running, providing some power to the school, and that staff and students are being provided a cold lunch.

FirstEnergy has been notified but is not yet on scene, Caldwell said at around 11:30 a.m.

School newspaper The Shakerite reports that the lights went out at 10:22 a.m. and adds that Tweets sent by fellow students report that instruction has continued.

The paper also reported that students resumed their regular schedule at the start of fourth period, and, "Shakerite reporters investigating the outage were herded back to class by security and administration."