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Mt. Pleasant School to remain closed Friday; hunt for water-leak source continues

School's principal said plumbers will return to the rural Washougal K-8 school Friday to search for the cause of school's water pressure woes

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Mount Pleasant School second/third-grade teacher Cara Ramsey helps students Ole Stiles, McKinley Williams, Lilly Blaisdell and Audrey Morales with a science project Monday, Oct. 7, 2019. (Doug Flanagan/Post-Record files)

The Mt. Pleasant School in east Washougal will close on Friday, Jan. 6, for a third consecutive day as emergency repairs continue for what Principal Cathy Lehmann described in a letter to families as “a substantial water leak with tree roots involved” near the school’s pump house. 

“The repair is not complete,” Lehmann told The Post-Record on Thursday, Jan. 5. 

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