Storm Bills for Nassau County Schools Could Top $50 Million

Janet Joyce Thursday, December 6, 2012

Hurricane Sandy was a devastating storm that can upon Long Island in October. Many businesses, homes, and schools were damaged and the cost is crossing over into the billions of dollars by the time it is all done. Long Island schools suffered a great deal of damage and children have had to be relocated to other school districts which simply compounded the problem.

Recently, in an effort to bring this trouble to light, a Long Island education official says repair costs for public schools hit by Superstorm Sandy could top $50 million in Nassau County. These number came about through Nassau County school officials and show that the southern end of Long Island was damaged much heavier than in neighboring Suffolk County.

School basements are flooded with seawater, first floors were flooded with as much as five feet of water, grounds were destroyed and supplies have floated away. While the damage assessment is still underway it is still not sure how many of the hundreds of schools are damaged severely.

In Long Beach alone, which estimates $20 million in school damages, the West Elementary School is not scheduled to reopen until at least March. Another two schools in nearby East Rockaway also remain closed more than five weeks after Sandy. The schools of Long Island, no matter if they are elementary, middle, or high schools, require a prominent place in the rebuilding effort. As long as they are closed it is the children who are feeling the effects of it.

janetj@longislandyellowpages.com

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