A steady drip from the ceiling inside the JB Gale Theatre has been leaving water on the floor near the stage.

Over time, the leak has begun to leave a dent in the floor where the water collects, placing a puddle directly in a walkway used by students during class.

“Basically, there’s kind of like a drip in pure helping where, like, it comes from the ceiling, and then apparently it’s been there for a super long time since that auditorium was built. And it kind of put an indent in the floor, and when it rains, it’ll keep dripping, and there’s just like a puddle kind of in the middle of the walkway right in front of the stage. So, like if someone were just not to be looking, they would just step right into it, and it comes straight from the ceiling, and like it could drip on you too,” senior Max Lobato said.

Because the puddle sits in an area where students often move around during activities, some say it could easily lead to someone slipping.

“We do play a lot of rowdy games in the class and just like running around being crazy, so like I could definitely see someone accidentally slipping on the puddle and possibly hurting themselves, so that wouldn’t be good,” senior Alex Lozano said.

While the leak may not seem like a major issue now, the water collecting on the floor could still become a safety concern over time.

“At this point, I don’t see it being a huge safety hazard, but I can see it developing over time and kind of see it as the possible Grand Canyon of the future here at Roseville High School. So yes, in the coming days, months, years, it might be a significant safety hazard and probably should be fixed at some point before someone falls into the abyss. But the real effect of the safety hazard would be the puddle that is created every time it rains, so someone might slip and fall into the abyss, so that could be dangerous as well,” teacher Joshua Errecart said.