On Friday, March 7 2025, Eleanor Roosevelt High School and eSTEM experienced a power outage through out the whole day. Most students were aware of the outage in the morning.

The productivity of many classes were stopped due to the outage. Many students had left the school  after being aware the power would not be on for the remainder of the day. The school was not closed. Students and parents were notified and updated via email about the situation. Power wasn’t restored until Sunday, March 9 2025. This allowed all students to continue going to school on the following Monday.

During the outage there was also news of a suspected threat to Eleanor Roosevelt High School and River Heights Intermediate School. The threat was being distributed by airdrop on students’ cellular devices. After staff and adults were aware of the threat, District Safety, Security, and law enforcement worked together in an investigation. The threat was later deemed non-credible. The schools would like to reassure parents and students by letting it be known they do not take these situations lightly and care about the safety of staff and students.

This power outage affected many teachers’ lesson plans and students in their classes.

A student at Eleanor Roosevelt High School, Aarav Sakhareliya stated “The power outage caused a huge difference between the odd days and even days, making it harder for kids from different classes to collaborate. The teachers handled it amazingly and made the tough environment for kids as easy and smooth as possible. And thanks to all the staff who tried bringing the power back on. But in short, we had a lot of fun. It really gave the kids the quick refresher they needed.”

Another student at Eleanor Roosevelt High School, Emma Friestad, stated “We were unable to access computers and the internet was out. This caused lessons we were supposed to do to get postponed because we were unable to work on them in class.”

Friestad agrees with Sakhareliva on how the teachers handled the situation.

Friestad later states, “The teachers and staff handled it well. Teachers were able to adjust their lesson plans even though the power outage was such short notice. They were also able to keep students engaged in class and create new ways to learn or pass the time.”