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Weighing options: Provo City School District gives update on retaining wall repairs at Wasatch Elementary
Classes at Wasatch Elementary School may be out for the summer, but the Provo City School District continues to ponder how to deal with a glaring issue on campus. As the Daily Herald reported in May, a retaining wall on the south side of the newly opened school has started to crumble due to mountain runoff water. Educators, parents and community members began to notice asphalt cracking back in April, which the district said was the result of “unexpected water.” Since then, the southwest section of the retaining wall essentially fell apart — prompting a closure of the ...
