Hundreds of students were forced to suddenly evacuate their East Village school building today after an external wall curved as if it might collapse.
Some students at Girls Prep Charter School and East Side Community HS — which share the nearly 90-year-old building at 420 E. 12th Street in Manhattan — said they felt desks shake just moments before school officials notified them of the structural damage.
“The building’s east wall adjacent to a . . . church, was found to be separating from the rest of the structure,” the high school’s principal, Mark Federman, wrote in an online letter to parents.
“We know for certain that extensive review and repairs are required to ensure the building’s safety before we may re-enter it.”
Students at the high school were moved to nearby PS 19 for the duration of repairs, while the charter kids were relocated to PS 188.