Roof of Milwaukee Jewish Day School Collapses a Week before Start of School

[TomSea]

Roof of Milwaukee Jewish Day School Collapses a Week before Start of School | Jewish Journal
BY MARCY OSTER, JTA


The inside of the Milwaukee Jewish Day School after its roof collapsed on August 23, 2019. (North Shore Fire Department)

(JTA) — The roof of the Milwaukee Jewish Day school collapsed, sending steel beams and debris crashing down into a classroom, a week before the start of school.

Two staff members were in the classroom on Friday preparing for the start of school, but left when they heard creaking noises, according to local reports.

Moments after the staff members left the room to call security and building maintenance about the noises the roof came crashing down.

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[mountaineer]

So thankful it didn't fall down on the little children.

[PeteS in CA]

So thankful it didn't fall down on the little children.

Absolutely!

I think that before jumping to a conclusion of sabotage that the roof and ceiling loading should be looked at. If that's an older building and did not have air conditioning when built, adding AC may have overloaded the roof (or the added ducts overloaded the ceiling), eventually causing this collapse.