Water and three-inch hail pummeled the Valley High School building during storms on Friday, but that won’t stop back-to-school events from starting on Monday.”I thought school was gonna be canceled or at least pushed back another day,” incoming junior Cecelia Finnegan said.Finnegan lives near the school, and her car got damaged by the storm.”The windshield cracked and the roof of it is like, totaled,” Finnegan said.West Des Moines schools haven’t confirmed the extent of the damage, but repair crews were still working outside Valley Sunday afternoon.”It’s kinda disappointing just like everything is going on. There’s so much going on. School’s already a big deal for starting back. It’s always nerve-racking and then with this on top of it,” Finnegan said.Despite the damage, the district said back-to-school events across the district, scheduled for Monday are still a go.They say the district’s Operations team worked quickly alongside Service Master and several roofing contractors to get everything repaired and ready. Friday’s storms damaged four other schools, including Crossroads Elementary, that are also still scheduled to start back-to-school activities on Monday.Timmy O’Brien is about to start fifth grade at Crossroads Park Elementary School.”Kinda nervous but that’s pretty much it,” Timmy said.And while he says he wouldn’t mind a few more days of summer, he’s glad the storms won’t stand in the way of school.”I get to see my friends so that’s a good thing,” Timmy said.
Water and three-inch hail pummeled the Valley High School building during storms on Friday, but that won’t stop back-to-school events from starting on Monday.
“I thought school was gonna be canceled or at least pushed back another day,” incoming junior Cecelia Finnegan said.
Finnegan lives near the school, and her car got damaged by the storm.
“The windshield cracked and the roof of it is like, totaled,” Finnegan said.
West Des Moines schools haven’t confirmed the extent of the damage, but repair crews were still working outside Valley Sunday afternoon.
“It’s kinda disappointing just like everything is going on. There’s so much going on. School’s already a big deal for starting back. It’s always nerve-racking and then with this on top of it,” Finnegan said.
Despite the damage, the district said back-to-school events across the district, scheduled for Monday are still a go.
They say the district’s Operations team worked quickly alongside Service Master and several roofing contractors to get everything repaired and ready.
Friday’s storms damaged four other schools, including Crossroads Elementary, that are also still scheduled to start back-to-school activities on Monday.
Timmy O’Brien is about to start fifth grade at Crossroads Park Elementary School.
“Kinda nervous but that’s pretty much it,” Timmy said.
And while he says he wouldn’t mind a few more days of summer, he’s glad the storms won’t stand in the way of school.
“I get to see my friends so that’s a good thing,” Timmy said.