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March 16, 2010 Since 1922 |
GCCISD declares district-wide emergency
By Kari Griffin
Baytown Sun Published September 16, 2008 Five Goose Creek school district campuses were hit hard by Hurricane Ike, but it’s still too early to tell what that means for district students.
Baytown’s three high schools, Robert E. Lee, Ross S. Sterling and Goose Creek Memorial, suffered some damage from the storm as did Gentry and Highlands Junior Schools.
School board trustees met in emergency session with district employees Tuesday to discuss the situation and made the decision to declare a district-wide emergency because of Hurricane Ike, superintendent Barbara Sultis said.
This will allow the district to go ahead and hire contractors to provide immediate remediation although there is no current contractor or vendor.
School for local students is on hold until the district can assess the state of the buildings.
“Almost all of our campuses do not have electricity right now,” Sultis said. “Until electricity, water and sewer services are restored, the district can’t determine how much damage Hurricane Ike caused or begin to estimate when students will return to classes.”
Trustees will meet at 6:30 p.m. Monday at the EPCO Independence Building, 6730 Independence Blvd., in Baytown.
Teachers will have a workday to get things back into order before students return. The main grounds and operations staff are asked to report in as soon as they can.
“We need everybody here to help get the district where it needs to be,” Sultis said.
Baytown Sun Published September 16, 2008 Five Goose Creek school district campuses were hit hard by Hurricane Ike, but it’s still too early to tell what that means for district students.
Baytown’s three high schools, Robert E. Lee, Ross S. Sterling and Goose Creek Memorial, suffered some damage from the storm as did Gentry and Highlands Junior Schools.
School board trustees met in emergency session with district employees Tuesday to discuss the situation and made the decision to declare a district-wide emergency because of Hurricane Ike, superintendent Barbara Sultis said.
This will allow the district to go ahead and hire contractors to provide immediate remediation although there is no current contractor or vendor.
School for local students is on hold until the district can assess the state of the buildings.
“Almost all of our campuses do not have electricity right now,” Sultis said. “Until electricity, water and sewer services are restored, the district can’t determine how much damage Hurricane Ike caused or begin to estimate when students will return to classes.”
Trustees will meet at 6:30 p.m. Monday at the EPCO Independence Building, 6730 Independence Blvd., in Baytown.
Teachers will have a workday to get things back into order before students return. The main grounds and operations staff are asked to report in as soon as they can.
“We need everybody here to help get the district where it needs to be,” Sultis said.