Overview
- A section of ceiling stucco at Washington (George Washington) Elementary’s outdoor amphitheater collapsed without warning on Nov. 10 in Hanford, California.
- Two children were transported to a hospital and released the same day, according to district and media reports.
- Eight-year-old James Harrah sustained a broken clavicle, a concussion and bruising, his family said.
- Hanford Elementary School District closed the campus through at least Dec. 1 and activated its emergency remote-learning plan.
- The district praised the quick response by school staff and local police, firefighters and ambulance crews who arrived within minutes.