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KOAT-TV.com - LOS LUNAS, N.M. -- Valencia High School officials canceled school Thursday after strong winds tore apart the school's metal roof. "They cancelled school because the roof of the freshman academy was coming off. So they were afraid that it might hurt someone," student Jose Galabiz said. Students said they noticed the roof coming off as they were walking between classes. "(I saw) the aluminum thing flying off, off the building," student Amais Rivera said. Students were dismissed shortly after lunch. "The primary objective because of the unpredictability of wind and the direction of wind blowing we have no other alternative but to go ahead for the safety of our children get them off campus immediately," Desi Garcia, with Los Lunas Schools, said. "We're up here in the middle of the mesa. (With) the winds this strong, it's metal, it's aluminum, anything can happen out here."
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High Winds Shut Down Valencia High School
From KOAT-TV.com - LOS LUNAS, N.M. -- Valencia High School officials canceled school Thursday after strong winds tore apart the school's metal roof. "They cancelled school because the roof of the freshman academy was coming off. So they were afraid that it might hurt someone," student Jose Galabiz said. Students said they noticed the roof coming off as they were walking between classes. "(I saw) the aluminum thing flying off, off the building," student Amais Rivera said. Students were dismissed shortly after lunch. "The primary objective because of the unpredictability of wind and the direction of wind blowing we have no other alternative but to go ahead for the safety of our children get them off campus immediately," Desi Garcia, with Los Lunas Schools, said. "We're up here in the middle of the mesa. (With) the winds this strong, it's metal, it's aluminum, anything can happen out here." Read more
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