Pasadena ISD closed all its 70 schools on Monday following power outage at Houston water...
Jessup Elementary, 9301 Almeda Genoa Road, is one of at least 27 Pasadena ISD schools in the city of Houston. The district announced closure on Monday of all 70 of its campuses following Houston’s citywide boil water notice after a power outage occurred at a water purification plant.
The announcement that the campuses would be closed today came Sunday night as a safety and logistical measure based on information provided by the city of Houston’s water department at about 11:30 p.m., according Pasadema ISD spokesman Art Del Barrio. “We were told as a precautionary measure that all of our schools could have possibly been affected, and it was under those guidelines that the decision was made by Pasadena ISD to close Monday classes,” Del Barrio said.
The logistics of getting enough bottled water, changing lunch menus and taking other measures at all the district’s campuses to adapt to the water boil on short notice were also taken in consideration. “We have determined that due to lack of bottled water availability and food reparation requirements it is in the best interest of safety for students and staff to close all Pasadena ISD schools and offices tomorrow,” district officials said in a statement posted on itsThe city of Pasadena announced on its Twitter page that its own water supply was not impacted.
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