The Sequim School District’s phone system broke down Wednesday, forcing school officials to rely on a makeshift network of two-way radios, mobile phones and fax lines to keep communication flowing.
“With almost 2,900 students and all the staff to support that, it’s quite an event,” said Superintendent Garn Christensen — speaking on a cell phone.
The district has an internal network of digital phone lines similar to a complex computer system, Christensen said. Phone service was intermittent through the morning before clunking completely around noon. Calls to district lines rang as busy in the afternoon.
The district’s e-mail system was still working.
It wasn’t clear Wednesday afternoon where the malfunction was, but a repair crew with spare parts had been called in and service could be restored as soon as this morning.
“That’s our hope,” Christensen said. “They’re en route as we speak.”
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