UPDATE: School officials have canceled Thurday’s classes at Minnie Howard due to the water main break. Students will be sent home on buses starting at around 10:15 a.m.

An early morning water main break has flooded the 3600 block of King Street in Alexandria, diverting traffic and springing a group of ninth graders from their morning classes.

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