An American high school in the state of Massachusetts has been on non-stop light since August 2021 due to endless computer problems. He should finally be able to take them out next month.
Forced to leave the lights on day and night for a year and a half because of an unsolvable computer problem, a high school in the United States will finally be able to flip the switch next month, according to American media.
Final work “is being pushed back to February,” Aaron Osborne, an official with Minnechaug Regional High School, said Monday in an interview with NBC.
Since the lighting system at this high school in Wilbraham, Massachusetts went out in 2021, lights have been left on by default at this facility, which uses 7,000 light bulbs and is home to approximately 1,200 students. A ludicrous situation that was accompanied by fierce criticism of the logically skyrocketing electricity bill.
A net impact “on average in thousands of dollars per month”
The problem persisted as the school had difficulty contacting the system’s original installer and scheduling an appointment to complete the repairs. “After many weeks of efforts, we received an estimate of approximately $1.2 million to replace the entire system,” but the offer was not accepted given the size of the potential site, the facility said in a letter, which was sent to local authorities in August 2022 and updated in January.
In the meantime, according to this letter, no permanent solution has been found to turn off the power to the lamps without shutting down other vital systems.
Wilbraham City officials had complained in August 2022 about the cost of all that lighting and the burden on the taxpayer. “The net impact averages thousands of dollars a month, but not tens of thousands,” Aaron Osborne defended Monday. The new equipment has been installed and is expected to be operational by the end of next month.