AMHERST, N.Y. — Students at Amherst Central High School got an unexpected day off from classes Monday.
Amherst school officials notified families that there was an electrical fire in an HVAC unit in the athletic wing of the high school.
The district says no students or staff were in danger. The incident happened just as the buses were coming to school. All bused students were taken taken to Amherst Middle School while the school made the decision to close for the day.
They say all students will be sent back home on the bus.
Parents are being asked to not come to the middle school to pick up their child and will let them know on the time of busing students back home.