Bancroft Elementary to reopen Monday, a month after flooding compelled closure

SPRING VALLEY, Calif. (FOX 5/KUSI) — Bancroft Elementary Faculty in Spring Valley is reopening Monday, over a month after it was broken by flooding.

Faculties within the La Mesa-Spring Valley Faculty District have been simply considered one of a whole lot of properties and companies in San Diego that skilled important flooding through the late January storm.

Whereas each different college throughout the district noticed some quantity of flooding, solely Bancroft Elementary needed to relocate.

College students and employees at Bancroft Elementary Faculty have been displaced by the flood injury, which compelled them to maneuver to Spring Valley Academy for the previous month whereas repairs have been being made.

After simply over 4 weeks, college students and employees are transferring again into the constructing Monday, Feb. 26.

In celebration of being again in their very own constructing, PTA can have donuts and refreshments out there for college kids and households beginning at 8 a.m. Monday.

In an effort to assist neighboring college students impacted by the floods, 4th grader Sonja Bella Hansat at Lemon Avenue Elementary in La Mesa made friendship bracelets to lift cash for college kids in want at Bancroft Elementary Faculty. Her purpose for the “Bracelets for Bancroft” fundraiser was to lift $100. In only one week, the bracelets have raised practically $700.

The college is now working to find out how they are going to use the cash to assist college students at Bancroft.

The late January storm and flooding left three folks useless and greater than 800 properties broken in San Diego County. These impacted can now apply for federal help by FEMA.