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Update: Storms and Strike Cause District's Verizon Service Issue
It took 48 hours for Verizon to resolve the district's service problems due to a lack of staff. District lines were unable to receive incoming calls and faxes.
If you tried to call the early this week, and got a busy tone, here's why.
The district posted the following message on its website:
"Due to service problems with Verizon, the School District is currently unable to receive incoming phone calls/faxes."
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The district posted temporary numbers, but service issues were resolved Tuesday afternoon around 2:45 p.m.
Lines were damaged during weekend thunderstorms and Verizon told the district there were not enough staff members on-call to fix the problem immediately, Director of Educational Services Gary Mattei said.
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