Reed City Schools closed on Monday, Feb. 2, due to a water main break at the high school.

The pipes under the high school parking lot froze and ruptured sometime over the weekend and had a ground frost thawing machine overnight. 

"It's still frozen quite a ways back towards the building," Superintendent Michael Sweet said Monday morning. "It's gotta get thawed out first and then we have to flush the system and test it."

As of 2:40 p.m. on Monday, the City of Reed City has reported that the crack in the water main has been repaired with a sealed sleeve.

In response, Sweet announced on a Facebook video that RCAPS will have class on Tuesday, Feb. 3, and the school will provide bottled water for students. Water is running in the school buildings, but will require two seperate tests before it is declared safe for students to drink.

More details will be updated once they are made available.

_{Article updated at 2:45 p.m. on Monday, Feb. 2, 2026, to update repair progress and add RCAPS' announcement of school being in session on Tuesday.}