Power restored to AISD schools, most Austin Energy customers after outage
Several Austin ISD schools and the district's Central Office are without power Wednesday morning, but school operations are carrying on.
AUSTIN (KXAN) — Austin ISD said power had been restored after several schools and the district's Central Office were without power Wednesday morning. However, school operations carried on as usual during the outage, per AISD.
"Power has now been restored to all campuses that were affected by this morning’s outages. Thank you for your patience as we worked with our partners at Austin Energy," AISD tweeted at 10:59 a.m.
As of 9:30 a.m., the Austin Energy outage map showed over 18,000 customers without power, with the estimated restoration time being around 10:23 a.m. At 11:30 a.m., the outage map showed 54 customers were affected.
According to the map, most outages occurred just south of U.S. Highway 290 in south Austin along William Cannon Drive, Stassney Lane, South Congress Avenue and South First Street.
AISD said the affected campuses were:
- Crockett High School
- Ann Richards School For Young Women Leaders
- Sunset Valley Elementary School
- Joslin Elementary School
- Cunningham Elementary School
- St. Elmo Elementary
- Odom Elementary
The district said this was a City of Austin issue, and it was working with the City to resolve it as quickly as possible.
The district said school operations continued, and cafeterias would serve sack lunches during the outage.