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Wednesday, October 21, 2009
SCHOOLS
Broken sprinkler floods Md. school
A ill-fated toss of a medicine ball snapped a fire sprinkler head and led to flooding at Richard Montgomery High School in Rockville on Tuesday morning, disrupting the school day and possibly damaging the school's dance studio.
Montgomery County schools spokesman Dana Tofig said two students playing with a medicine ball in the physical education area at 9:10 a.m. broke the sprinkler head, which flooded 14 rooms on the school's ground floor with an inch or two of water. Two fire alarms were set off; students were sent out of the building, and some had to reclaim belongings left in the gym later in the day after the sprinkler was fixed.
Capt. Oscar Garcia, a spokesman for the Montgomery County fire department, said the broken sprinkler was outside the school's weight room. The school has mounted a cleanup effort, Tofig said, and is using large fans and dehumidifiers to dry off the floor.
"It did affect some locker rooms and the dance studio," Tofig said. The 14 rooms "will be closed for the rest of the week. At this point, the dance studio floor may need some repair, but we won't know until everything is dried out."
Tofig couldn't say whether the breakage was intentional. "At this point, it appears like it was an accident," he said. "It's just one of those things that can happen in a school."
-- Nelson Hernandez
Redskins players put in time with students
The parking lot of FedEx Field in Landover was filled with yellow school buses Tuesday as nearly 800 high school football players from the District, Maryland and Virginia heard from Washington Redskins players about what it takes to be winners far beyond the NFL.
In past years, the Redskins have had marquee players participate in the annual 4th and Life high school forum, but this year, Jordana Taylor, programs manager for the Washington Redskins Leadership Council, said younger players were selected to connect with the youths.
"When I was growing up, I didn't get a chance to meet the Redskins, but there were people in my life who helped me," said Redskins offensive lineman Edwin Williams, a 2009 graduate of the University of Maryland in his rookie season. Joe Lewis, head football coach at High Point High School, took his young players to the event in suit and tie even though his varsity squad hasn't won a game all year.
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