MONTREAL -- Students in five schools in the Magog region will get to stay home and start the weekend early after a water main failure forced the schools' closure.

The Notre-Dame-de-Bonsecours, Bonsecours, St-Laurent, Lawrenceville and Notre-Dame-de-Montjoie schools, in Racine are closed Friday, Sommets Service Centre director general Edith Pelletier said in a news release.

Other schools in the region remain open, and there is no indication that the closures will be long-term.