Education
BY HALEY VELASCO
After extensive tornado damage hit Walt Disney Elementary School on Dec. 28, demolition could be a possible option if insurance assessments deem the campus “a total loss,” Alvin ISD o cials said at the board of trustees meeting on Jan. 14. In the meantime, o cials are still waiting on insurance assessments from the tornado damage, and Disney Elementary students are attending classes at the former Alvin Elementary School site, located at 1910 Rosharon Road, Alvin. O cials said they are uncertain of how long students will be at the temporary school site. The tornado was classi ed as an EF2 and caused substantial damage to the school, as previously reported by Community Impact. AISD continues recovery e orts
The action taken
“So many people came together, and we never imagined the donations we would get.” CAROL NELSON, ALVIN ISD SUPERINTENDENT
Following the tornado, the district received donations in the form of money and supplies, among other forms of support, district documents and social media posts show. Those donations in large part stemmed from supply drives hosted by the AISD Education Foundation and Pearland Mayor Kevin Cole. As donations rolled in, o cials also began to clean and x minor construction issues at the former Alvin Elementary site, where students from Walt Disney were placed following the end of winter break in early January.
An EF2 tornado damaged classrooms and other parts of Walt Disney Elementary on Dec. 28.
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What's next
E ects from the tornado
$147K+ in donations collected through the Alvin ISD Education Foundation
That new combination school will be paid through the $380.1 million bond that passed in November, according to district documents. “There’s a lot of things that go in before you start constructing a school, so there’s processes that are in place, but know that we will be as transparent ... and share everything we can as we get more information,” Nelson said.
Whatever funds the district does receive from insurance on the building will be put back into the site, Superintendent Carol Nelson said at the district’s Jan. 14 meeting. The insurance outcome could also speed up the process for building the district’s new combination school, which will combine Walt Disney and Steven Primary, Nelson said.
449 students moved to old Alvin Elementary campus
125 mph winds from Dec. 28 tornado
SOURCE: ALVIN ISD COMMUNITY IMPACT
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