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District outlines hurricane response: power restored to nearly all schools, district to seek legislative waiver for missed days
Summary
Greenville County Schools administrators told the committee that nearly all facilities have power and Internet restored after the hurricane, meal service for about 85,000 students has been reestablished, buses are running revised routes and the district will seek legislative forgiveness for missed instructional days.
Greenville County Schools administrators described a large-scale recovery operation after a hurricane that knocked out power at nearly every facility and disrupted classes and transportation.
At a committee of the whole meeting, Dr. Royster presented the administration’s report on response and recovery. He said district teams assessed 105 active school locations, cataloged hundreds of road and access problems and worked to restore kitchen operations after widespread power outage. “We reordered and restocked all our kitchens to serve 85,000 daily meals,” Dr. Royster said.
The administration assembled 145 two-person field teams to drive more than 9,000 route miles and identify access issues for buses. Staff cataloged roughly 549 problem…
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