Power Out at Ambuehl for Almost an Hour

The power was out Wednesday at for just under an hour during instruction time.

Allison Zaragoza, a spokeswoman for San Diego Gas & Electric, said a fuse serving only the school failed at 9:27 a.m. Power was restored at 10:23 a.m.

Principal Curt Visca said the primary areas affected by the outage included the school office and classrooms in the main building. 

"I walked around to every class first thing in the morning when school started, and it was 'business as usual,' except for a few darker classes," Visca said. The classrooms do have some natural sunlight.

Fortunately, no students were in the middle of a computer lab or other electricity-intensive activity, Visca said.

"Some classes took students outside for a short time for PE when SDG&E turned off all electricity in the main building," Visca said.