UPDATE, 3:15 p.m. Thursday

Classes will be back in session Friday at Hays High School after a waterline break forced cancellation on Thursday.

According to the district, repair efforts are continuing on the waterline and are expected to be completed Friday.

“A plan has been coordinated between the Hays Fire Department, the Ellis County Fire Department and USD 489 that does allow us to have classes at HHS on Friday, April 6,” the district said in a notice to parents. “We will have a normal day of school on Friday, April 6.”

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There will be no school at Hays High School on Thursday after a “major water break” at the school.

“For safety reasons we will not be having school today,” Principal Marty Straub said in a notice to parents. “We have announced to our students that if they drove here they may drive home. If students are here at the start of school. they will report to their first-hour classes until they can be picked up. Bus students will also report to first hour until their bus can pick them up.”

It is anticipated to take four to six hours to complete repairs, said Sarah Wasinger, USD 489 assistant to the superintendent.

Check Hays Post for more as details become available.