Burrton School officials relocated high school classes to middle and elementary school classrooms Friday morning after Reno County’s 4.2 magnitude earthquake appeared to have damaged several walls in the district’s school building.
The students were allowed to return to their classrooms after lunch, however, after a structural engineer determined damage to the high school itself was only cosmetic.
The district’s central office did suffer structural damage, said Superintendent Joan Simoneau, so they’ll have to relocate those offices until the building can be repaired.
(Read more: Local – The Hutchinson News)