Riverton High School Closed Due to a Broken Heating Coil

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(KSL News) Cold temperatures got high school students a day off in Riverton. Students and staff arrived this morning to a very cold Riverton High School.

Administrators say a heating coil either froze or broke inside a boiler so the heaters did not work properly.

Riverton High School Closed Due to a Broken Heating Coil

When workers could not fix the problem quickly and temperatures began to drop, the school decided to send students home.

Steve Park, Principal, Riverton High School: "It's just one of those unforeseen things that takes place and you make adjustments, and um you know...we'll get through it."

The school says classes will resume tomorrow.