A crane is used to unload a flatbed stacked with temporary roofing for repairs at Needville High School. Belfor Property Restoration employees have been on hand since shortly after the March 15-16 hailstorm blew through the Needville area, severely damaging the roof.
Workers have been busy at all Needville ISD facilities, repairing damage from the March 15-16 hailstorm. Here, they use a crane to lift materials to temporarily cover the holes in the roof at the middle school.
Workers with Belfor Property Restoration rip out the ceiling in the library at Needville High School after the March 15-16 hailstorm damaged the roof and sent water pouring into the building.
The rains keep coming and the saws keep humming as Needville ISD continues the months-long process of recovering from damage left behind by the tornado- and hail-producing thunderstorms that blew through the area overnight on Friday, March 15.
“We have damage from every roof and roof equipment to the bus and vehicle fleets to outdoor equipment, including the track at the stadium,” said Superintendent Curtis Rhodes.
He said it’s likely the roofs at every campus and most of the district’s other facilities will need replaced.
The most severely damaged campuses are the middle and high schools, the latter of which released students early on Thursday, March 21, when another round of storms sent rain into the building through holes in the roof.
Despite the fact that NISD’s maintenance and transportation staff, as well as contractors, got right to work once the storm left the area on Saturday morning, March 16, the amount of damage district-wide means work will be ongoing for quite some time.
“They began by evaluating damages and getting our campuses, fleet, and equipment ready for the students,” Rhodes said. “We are continuing to find new issues as we go. This will be a long process, so we are asking staff, students and everyone to please bear with us as we make the best of what we have.”
Mike Perry, vice president of business development of Armko Industries Inc., said workers are cleaning up around the campuses in the early morning hours and after school so as not to disturb students. In addition, that work will be stopped during any student testing times.
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