After flooding, The Expedition School staff rally to find solutions
HEIDI KIRK, WRAL, NEWS LIVE
IN SANFORD.
>> THANK YOU, HEIDI.
HILLSBOROUGH WAS HIT HARD BY
SEAN TOLD THE TOWN IS STILL
UNDER A BOIL WATER ADVISORY,
DAMAGING GOLD PARKING RIVERWALK
OF CLOSE THOSE AREAS FOR WEEKS,
YOU KNOW, RIVER MILL, WHICH IS
HOME TO A SCHOOL IN OUR GALLERY
AND OTHER BUSINESSES. THEY ALSO
SUSTAINED SEVERE DAMAGE.
THERE WAS ONE OF THE CASES LIVE
INSIDE THE EXPEDITION SCHOOL
SURVEYING THE DAMAGE. MONICA.
>> YEAH, GERALD, STILL NO POWER
IN THIS BUILDING RIGHT NOW IN
HERE ON THE WALL BEHIND ME,
YOU CAN ACTUALLY SEE JUST HOW
HIGH UP THE WATER CAME FURTHER
DOWN. THIS HALLWAY. THE
BUILDING ACTUALLY SLOWS DOWN
HILL A BIT TO THAT LINE IS EVEN
HIGHER ON THE WALL AFTER THE
NEW RIVER CAME RUSHING DOWN
THIS HALLWAY, TAKING AWAY A LOT
OF HARD WORK AND PREPARATION
FOR THE UPCOMING SCHOOL YEAR.
THAT STARTS IN JUST A COUPLE
OF WEEKS.
INSTEAD OF THE SOUND OF
STUDENTS FOOTSTEPS THIS HALLWAY
AT THE EXPEDITION SCHOOL WAS
FILLED WITH RUSHING RIVER
WATER. SO THE WATER PUSHED
EVERYTHING THIS WAY AND THEN
EVERYTHING BACK FROM PENCILS
TO TEXTBOOKS TO TEACHER
TECHNOLOGY.
>> EVERYTHING BELOW THE WATER
LINE WAS DESTROYED. SOME OF
OUR TEACHERS HERE HAVE BEEN
TEACHING FOR A VERY LONG TIME
AND ALL OF THEIR
>> CREATIONS. AND THEY'RE, YOU
KNOW, THEY'RE HEART THAT WENT
INTO ALL OF THESE THINGS
THEY'VE CREATED OR GONE.
EC DIRECTOR JULIA MCCAULEY
TELLS ME TEACHER WORKDAYS ARE
BECOMING DEMOLITION AND CLEANUP
DAYS INSTEAD WE TRY TO MAKE IT
FUN. WE'VE BEEN PUTTING MUSIC
ON AND DANCING A LITTLE BIT
THROUGH THIS LED TAMMY FINCH IS
RALLYING HER CREW TO FIND
SOLUTIONS, INCLUDING A
TEMPORARY MOVE TO A DRIER
BUILDING NEXT DOOR OR KIDS.
>> SOLVE PROBLEMS AS PART.
IS THERE A PART OF WHAT THEY
DO?
GOT A NEW BIG PROBLEM TO SOLVE?
>> AROUND THE CORNER
YOU KNOW, ARTS MILL ALSO
FLOODED 15 ARTISTS. STUDIOS
WERE DESTROYED. SOME PEOPLE
HAD 10, 20 YEARS OF WORK.
IT IS TRUE. AND KATIE MURRAY
TELLS ME THEY'RE TAKING CLEAN
UP ONE DAY AT A TIME, HOPING TO
REOPEN THIS SAFE SPACE FOR
ARTISTS AND TEENAGERS AS SOON
AS POSSIBLE. THAT IS THE
GREATEST LOSS RIGHT NOW.
IS THAT THIS COMMUNITY THAT
WE HAVE BILL THAT IS IT IS THE
HOME FOR SO MANY.
>> PEOPLE ON IT IS IS NO
LONGER.
>> NOW HERE AT THE SCHOOL, THE
DIRECTOR TELLS ME THEY'RE GOING
TO HAVE WORK DAYS WERE MEMBERS
OF THE COMMUNITY CAN COME HELP
BUILD FURNITURE AND HELP OUT
WITH ALL OF THIS CLEANUP.
THEY ARE GOING TO BE COLLECTING
DONATIONS. WELL, HERE FOR THE
SCHOOL AND AT THE HART'S MILL
NEXT OR WE HAVE BOTH OF THOSE
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