NEWS

Manual High School struck by lightning

Matthew Glowicki
The Courier-Journal

Lightning struck one of duPont Manual High School's decorative towers on Sunday, causing concrete to fall and create a 5-foot-by-5-foot hole in the roof, according to a JCPS spokesman.

Two third-floor classrooms were damaged in the incident at the school, 120 W. Lee St., which serves about 1,900 students, said Ben Jackey, a spokesman for Jefferson County Public Schools.

No one was injured during the strike, and the building is structurally safe, he said. JCPS does not have a cost estimate on the damages at this time, he said. The first day of classes is Aug. 13.

The building was designed by architect J. Meerick Colley in a Gothic, U-shaped style and built in 1933, according to the school's website. Its main entry includes the lightning-struck five-story tower.

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