BREAKING: Horizon West-area schools are without internet

A cut AT&T fiber line in the Hamlin area is to blame for the outage.

By Michael Eng
| 10:24 a.m. April 19, 2024

Observer School Zone

Some West Orange-area Orange County Public Schools campuses are without internet this morning, the district announced.

“Due to a regional AT&T fiber that was cut in the Hamlin area, some schools are without internet,” the district told parents in text message. “As a result, morning attendance calls are unable to go out.”

The affected schools include Bridgewater Middle, Hamlin Elementary, Hamlin Middle, Independence Elementary, Keene’s Crossing Elementary and Windermere High.

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As a child, Editor and Publisher Michael Eng collected front pages of the Kansas City Star during Operation Desert Storm, so it was a foregone conclusion that he would pursue a career in journalism. He holds a journalism degree from the University of Missouri — Columbia School of Journalism. When he’s not working, you can find him spending time with his wife and three children, or playing drums around town. He’s also a sucker for dad jokes.