HOUSTON — The Houston Independent School District said 200 of its campuses lost power when Hurricane Beryl moved through Southeast Texas last week.
Of those 200 campuses, as of Wednesday, July 17, 20 still didn't have power.
Power outages weren't the only issues HISD campuses dealt with from the storm. District officials said trees were knocked down at 50 campuses and roof or structural damage was reported at 60 campuses.
With the first day of school scheduled for Aug. 12, HISD crews are working to get things in order before students return to campus.
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"Many of our schools had minor damage – a few had more significant damage. Our facilities team along with outside crews have been working around the clock to get campuses back online and ready to serve students," the district said in a statement.
HISD said three campuses in particular sustained what they called "extensive damage."
- Sinclair Elementary
- Cage Elementary/Project Chrysalis Middle
- Kelso Elementary
Sinclair Elementary was also damaged in the May derecho, a strong and long-lasting band of storms.
"Campus leaders will reach out to families at these campuses in the days and weeks to come to share updates on the recovery and to share details about any impacts storm damage will have on the first day of school," the district statement said.
Stephanie Sniscak's son, Nicholas, is scheduled to be housed in the portables with second graders at Sinclair. But with hurricane season just beginning, there's fear.
"With the first storm in May trees fell on the portables. and then of course made it stressful. And now with the new trees down from the hurricane it just makes me fear even more for the next year," she said. "Are the trees going to fall while my kid is in the portable? Are these kids safe in that environment? I don’t believe so."
Here's what the damage to Sinclair Elementary looked like on Wednesday, July 17, nine days after Beryl made landfall: