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Allentown power outage forces School District to dismiss early

By Stephanie Ballesteros

November 7, 2022 / 10:33 AM EST / CBS Philadelphia

Digital Brief: Monday, Nov. 7 (A.M.)

ALLENTOWN, Pa. (CBS) - A power outage in Allentown is forcing the school district to dismiss classes early. School officials say due to a "prolonged" power outage, they will dismiss students at 10:30 a.m. Monday.

The district is working with First Student to get buses to the schools as quickly as possible.

Due to the prolonged power outage ASD schools, we are aiming to dismiss students by 10:30 AM – we are working on transportation with First Student to get buses to schools as quickly as possible.

No PM LCTI. AM LCTI & Full Day students will return at normal time. pic.twitter.com/Z0fdYMOUUO
— Allentown Schools (@AllentownSD) November 7, 2022

According to PPL Electric Utilities, a substation fire has knocked out power across the city of Allentown.

PPL crews are currently working to reroute power to get as many affected areas restored.

There is no estimated time on when power will be completely restored.

Stephanie Ballesteros

Stephanie Ballesteros is a digital managing editor at CBS Philadelphia. Before Stephanie joined the CBS Philadelphia team in February 2017, she wrote for WSVN in Miami, WAVY in Norfolk and FOX 29 in Philadelphia. Stephanie covers breaking news, crime and lifestyle content. She also produces content for the CBS Philadelphia social media pages and streaming platform.