FOXBURG, Clarion County — Allegheny-Clarion Valley School District’s second day of classes will be Monday — more than a week after the first day.

Problems with the public water service have forced school officials to cancel classes every day in this new school year except for the first day on Aug. 29.

That night, a break in a water line along Summit Avenue resulted in the Foxburg Water and Sewer Authority issuing a 48-hour boil water advisory and the district canceling classes on Aug. 30 and 31, said Superintendent David McDeavitt. Classes have been canceled all week.

“Come Monday, we’re going to be back in school one way or the other,” McDeavitt said.

The district will distribute 140 cases of water to the schools and the Clarion County EMS donated two water buffaloes so classes could resume Monday, he said.

All water fixtures in schools will be shut off and hand sanitizer will be provided in restrooms, he said.

The authority notified the district about a water leak on Aug. 29, but it didn’t impact the schools and classes were held.

Students were on buses on their way to classes the next day when the district lost all water pressure in its school buildings. The students were brought to school, fed breakfast and then sent home.

Authority officials said one or possibly two leaks occurred and a pump had failed.

Before the latest leak occurred Wednesday night, the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection said the problems from last week had been repaired and the water system was operating normally, but two consecutive days of clean water samples had to be recorded before the boil water advisory could be lifted. The advisory could have been lifted Thursday if samples taken Tuesday and Wednesday were clean.

Wednesday’s leak was in a customer’s line and it has been isolated, according to the DEP. The authority decided to collect another sample Thursday and was waiting for the results before it considered lifting the boil water advisory.

“We’ll be back Monday,” McDeavitt said.

The impact of canceling classes will be discussed at the Sept. 17 school board meeting, he said.

There are three options for addressing the school calendar — add school days to the end of the school year to make up the lost days, use snow days built into the calendar to make up the time, and request a waiver for making up the missed days from the Department of Education, which was done Wednesday, McDeavitt said.