A Brandon high school was closed Monday morning after a power outage affected part of the city.

École secondaire Neelin High School was closed in the morning, but afternoon classes went ahead after power was restored.

Power lines came down on a residential street in the Trinity area just before 8:15 a.m., leaving about 1,300 homes and businesses without power until 10:20 a.m., Manitoba Hydro said on Monday.

“The decision was made to close the school for the time that the utility was out and with the anticipation that hydro would be restored and classes could resume in the afternoon,” Brandon School Division Supt. Mathew Gustafson told the Sun.

The estimated return for power was 11:30 a.m., which would have been too long to ensure the Grade 9-12 school was “a safe environment,” Gustafso

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