NEPTUNE BEACH, Fla. \u2014 A shifting water pipe lid caused \u201cmultiple crawling bugs\u201d to surface at Fletcher High School on Tuesday, Duval County Public Schools said.<\/p>\n
The issue happened when \u201cthe lid of an underground water pipe in Fletcher Hall shifted and pushed through the floor, causing a small pool of water to surface, along with multiple crawling bugs,\u201d Principal Dean Ledford told families.<\/p>\n
>>> STREAM ACTION NEWS JAX LIVE <<<<\/a><\/p>\n Ledford said the custodial team cleaned up the water and removed the bugs, and district maintenance staff started making repairs.<\/p>\n Pest control services will also make an \u201cimmediate service visit\u201d to the school in addition to \u201cregular pest control services,\u201d Ledford said.<\/p>\n A viewer sent Action News Jax videos of bugs crawling in a hallway and a video of a rat scurrying. We asked DCPS about both pests, but the message from Ledford does not address the rat.<\/p>\n [DOWNLOAD: Free Action News Jax app for alerts as news breaks<\/a>]<\/p>\n Here is the full message from Ledford:<\/p>\n \u201cHello Fletcher High School families, this is Principal Ledford calling to make you aware of a maintenance issue that occurred at school today.<\/p>\n \u201cEarlier this afternoon, the lid of an underground water pipe in Fletcher Hall shifted and pushed through the floor, causing a small pool of water to surface, along with multiple crawling bugs. Our custodial team responded immediately, cleaned up the water, and removed the bugs.<\/p>\n \u201cDistrict maintenance staff were on-site and have begun making the necessary repairs. We have also notified our pest control vendor as a precaution and scheduled an immediate service visit, in addition to our regular pest control services.<\/p>\n \u201cAs always, we want to keep you informed of anything that impacts our school day. Thank you for your continued support and patience as we address this maintenance issue.<\/p>\n \u201cIf you have any questions, please feel free to contact me at the school. Thank you, and have a good evening.\u201d<\/p>\n [SIGN UP: Action News Jax Daily Headlines Newsletter<\/a>] <\/p>\n Click here<\/a> to download the free Action News Jax news and weather apps, click here<\/a> to download the Action News Jax Now app for your smart TV and click here<\/a> to stream Action News Jax live.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"NEPTUNE BEACH, Fla. \u2014 A shifting water pipe lid caused \u201cmultiple crawling bugs\u201d to surface at Fletcher High…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":69412,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[18584,116,118,117,634],"class_list":{"0":"post-69411","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-jacksonville","8":"tag-fletcher_high_school","9":"tag-jacksonville","10":"tag-jacksonville-headlines","11":"tag-jacksonville-news","12":"tag-local"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/69411","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=69411"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/69411\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/69412"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=69411"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=69411"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=69411"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}