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A power outage disrupted the school day at Vernon Johns Middle School in Petersburg on October 13.

The outage, which began around 8:30 a.m., was caused by a broken pole and affected nine Dominion Energy customers.

Power was restored after 11 a.m., and the school day continued as normal.

Petersburg's Vernon Johns Middle School is back up and business as usual after a brief power outage that disrupted the school schedule on the morning of Oct. 13.

Chelsea Vongher, a spokesperson for the Petersburg City Public Schools, said electricity was restored to the school on Homestead Drive sometime after 11 a.m. According to a message PCPS sent to parents, the school went dark around 8:30 a.m., about an hour into the school day.

Students were assembled in either the school ca

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