Flood Information Updated October 2011

While we pray daily for God’s protection over His school, we still think it wise to prepare for the possibility of flooding.  We want to remind our school families of several things:

1) Parents are always welcome to pick up your student(s) from school anytime you see the need (if roads to your home are threatened, etc.)

2) We will monitor Flood Watch and Flood Warning situations from school with e-mail notices from DEM (Dept. of Emerg. Management), local news broadcasts and our NOAH weather radio.

3) When/if evacuation is necessary we will call all parents (at home or work) to pick up their student(s) as soon as possible.  We will leave one phone line open for parents who need to call us to authorize someone else to pick up their child(ren).

4) Evacuation of people will always have priority over saving equipment.  If there is a flood threat during school hours the staff and students are prepared to elevate all electronic equipment, books, curriculum, file drawers and anything that could be flood damaged.  This type of preparation worked very well in 2007 when we had two hours to prepare while students were being evacuated/picked up.

5) We have a volunteer flood response team in place who are on call to come and help with “Project Elevate” to save important equipment, etc.  These people are prepared to respond both during school hours or after hours when school is not is session.

* If YOU would like to be a part of our PRE-FLOOD RESPONSE TEAM, please contact Mr. Taylor at 736-7657 or e-mail me at dtaylor@reachone.com.  We always need new recruits!

People have asked about sand-bagging or otherwise protecting CCS.  The board investigated and received bids on several methods of “flood-proofing” our school and the cost is simply prohibitive.  Sand-bagging the entire facility could slow down the water but it is difficult to make our metal-clad building water tight.  The most prudent protection that we will initiate is our “Project Elevate”, sand-bagging all exterior doors and having current flood insurance.  In Dec. of 2007 we did spray dense foam on the inside of all exterior walls (up 2 feet) and we hope that will “slow down” any water attempting to enter the school. Our first line of defense is prayer.  We believe that prayer made the difference in January of 2009 when floodwaters stopped just one inch below the top of the local levee.  So, our defense is two-fold – pray and prepare!