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Rodents Chew Fiber Optic, Hillmorton High Shuts Down

6/23/2026

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Rodents chewed through the core fibre-optic cable at Hillmorton High School, forcing a two-day campus shutdown.
Principal Sam Ainsworth said the outage raised health and safety concerns for the large student body.
The damaged cable was the school's primary link to digital services, disrupting key campus systems.
Repairs will begin after the closure, with normal operations expected to resume on Thursday.

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Rodents chewed through the core fibre-optic cable at Hillmorton High School, forcing a two-day campus shutdown.
Principal Sam Ainsworth said the outage raised health and safety concerns for the large student body.
The damaged cable was the school's primary link to digital services, disrupting key campus systems.
Repairs will begin after the closure, with normal operations expected to resume on Thursday.