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Alvin ISD thanks City of Alvin, first responders for tornado response
Summary
The Alvin ISD board adopted a resolution expressing appreciation to the City of Alvin and its employees for emergency response and assistance after a December 2025 tornado that damaged Walt Disney Elementary School, and the district presented awards to city staff and volunteers.
The Alvin Independent School District Board of Trustees adopted a resolution in February 2025 formally thanking the City of Alvin and its employees for emergency response and ongoing support after a December 2025 tornado damaged Walt Disney Elementary School.
The resolution states the tornado required immediate relocation of students and staff to the Road Sheraton Road campus and credits the City of Alvin Police and Fire Departments, public works and engineering staff, and city leadership with facilitating expedited permitting, inspections, and continued assistance so the district could resume instruction without missing days. The resolution, as read at the meeting, specifically names Alvin Volunteer Fire Department, Public Works staff including Andre Roberts and others, engineering staff including Shelly Christ, Brett Cole and Mike Collins, and City Manager Unruh Roland.
At the meeting a staff member described arriving on scene and praised volunteers: “the first people on the scene were our volunteer fire department, and they were helping with traffic. ... They just did a remarkable job.” The board presented framed recognitions and invited listed city employees and volunteers forward to accept them.
The resolution was entered into the district’s official minutes as an expression of the board’s “deepest gratitude and appreciation” for the city’s role in the district’s recovery and reopening of Walt Disney Elementary School.
The presentation included the listing of named employees and volunteers by department and acknowledged the city’s ongoing check‑ins and offers of assistance; the transcript records the resolution language and the board’s adoption of the measure during the February meeting.
