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Mayor Joseph Hankins thanks Board of Education for opening high school as evacuation shelter after Manchester-area fires
Summary
Mayor Joseph Hankins read a proclamation thanking the Manchester Township Board of Education for opening Manchester High School as a shelter during recent fires affecting the Manchester area, noting cooperation with Lacey Township and local emergency responders.
Mayor Joseph Hankins read a proclamation thanking the Manchester Township Board of Education and district staff for opening Manchester High School to shelter residents displaced by recent fires in the Manchester area.
Hankins described coordination between municipal emergency-management directors and said that Lacey Township’s emergency-management director contacted Manchester’s emergency-management director about an evacuation that could involve roughly 5,000 people; Manchester’s school facility and staff made space available quickly, and the Red Cross and the local CERT (community emergency response team) assisted onsite. The mayor praised the board’s and district’s “compassion, responsiveness, and steadfast support,” and said the partnership between local government and the school district “is a source of strength in our entire township, and we are forever grateful to the job you do.”
The proclamation thanked the district for welcoming evacuees and their pets and described the school and community response as an example of cooperation between local government and educational leadership. No formal board action was recorded in the meeting transcript as part of the proclamation.
