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WA Ghostwriter

The student news site of Westford Academy

WA Ghostwriter

The student news site of Westford Academy

WA Ghostwriter

Fans were set up to make the smell more bearable on the first floor.

Plumbing issues cause variety of disruptions at WA

Srivas Arun, Co-News Editor May 25, 2023

On May 19 at approximately 12:30 pm, contractors were using a piece of equipment to clear a clogged pipeline at WA when dust from the machine floated up to a nearby smoke detector and triggered the fire alarm. Students and faculty followed fire evacuation procedures and exited the building upon hearing...

The WA Cafeteria floods with water from nearby bathrooms. Tape is put up to stop people from going into the flood.

WA holds early release due to plumbing issues

Anushka Patil, News Editor Jan 31, 2020

Story updated February 8, 2020, at 4:30 p.m. On Friday, January 31, Westford Academy released students twenty minutes ahead of schedule, due to a plumbing issue in the bathrooms located next to the Cafeteria. The senior class was released at 1:35 p.m. and the rest of the students at 1:40 p.m. A broken...