A Stockton-area school is shifting to remote learning for the day after a water main broke and caused flooding on campus.

At around 6 a.m., faculty at McNair High School found gallons of water gushing out of a utility closet on campus, flooding hallways and inundating classrooms.

"A main line broke, flooding the main building and a lot of the classrooms," said Mark Dawson, area director of Lodi Unified. "It happened on the first floor. As staff came in this morning, they saw water in the main building and in classrooms."

The Lodi Unified School District announced Monday that McNair would be on remote learning for the day due to the situation.

"Students will need to log onto their Google Classroom during their class periods. Students on campus will be going home," the district said in a statement.

According to the school district, students and teachers will return to campus on Monday, August 11.

"First step is to get the water out of the building, get everything dried out, and then assess to see what needs to be done going forward and how much damage was made," Dawson said.

Video from the scene shows significant flooding in one of McNair's buildings. It appears several classrooms were impacted. It's unclear how the water main broke.

This isn't the first time McNair High has experienced a utility issue. In January 2024, more than half the campus was without power for over a week after a transformer failed.

With this incident, staff at the high school and district say they're working as quickly as possible to get this solved so students can get back in the classroom.

"Our teachers are going to do everything they can to make sure instruction continues," Dawson said. "Our nutrition services will be here to make sure that our students can continue to be fed and our maintenance operations department is working to make sure that the building's safe to return."

Lodi Unified schools only just returned from summer break last Tuesday.