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District details April 17 water damage to four schools; recovery underway
Summary
Superintendent Holzman told the Janesville School District board that heavy rain on April 17 caused major water intrusion at Parker, Jefferson, Franklin and Washington schools; students were relocated, SERVPRO began mitigation, and the district expects significant repair costs with limited flood insurance coverage.
Superintendent Holzman reported to the Janesville School District Board that a severe storm on April 17 caused significant water intrusion across four district buildings'Parker, Jefferson, Franklin and Washington'forcing the district to cancel classes and relocate students for a week.
"It was just really difficult to see what we had in our cafeteria, our art room, our classrooms," Holzman said, describing mud and removed carpeting and supplies. Custodial and facilities staff, along with contracted responders, began immediate mitigation steps including removing soaked carpeting and materials and deploying generators and pumps from SERVPRO.
Holzman said rainwater first showed up in hallways…
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