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Early Thursday morning, school leaders at Emerson Elementary found a water fountain broke and caused a major flood on the second floor of the building, damaging classrooms, supplies and materials on both floors of the Rainier Beach school.

Parents received a text message that school was canceled around 7:15 a.m. Thursday. School is also canceled Friday and Monday, according to an email from Keyunda Wilson, the school’s principal, sent to families

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