The Galveston Independent School District had to replace about $1,000 of produce after Hurricane Rita knocked power out across the island.
“Most of our campuses faired very well,” said Christine Hopkins, spokeswoman for the isle school district. “We lost power at our schools for about half a day. Most of our food was not affected, but all of our milk has been replaced. The health department visited some of our campuses today and we got the OK to open our kitchens.”
Hopkins said the district’s new Bolivar school did not fare as well.
“We lost all of our food at Crenshaw Elementary and Middle School, and we still do not have power at that campus,” she said. “It will not reopen until electricity is restored.”
The High Island Independent School District has also canceled school until electricity is returned to the peninsula. Mike Sims, the district’s superintendent, said the school lost all of its food after power went down in the area. School officials cleaned out the district’s freezers Tuesday, he said. Sims was not certain how much it would cost the district to replace the food it lost during the hurricane.
Melissa Tortorici, a spokeswoman for the Texas City Independent School District, said some food was lost at Roosevelt-Wilson Elementary due to brief power outages on the mainland. However, that loss did not affect food services because the district was able to replace the items with food from its other schools, she said.
