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Boulder flood A Lyons family make the switch in schools
Sep 17th
Sally Johnson, Cafe’ Manager at Barnes & Noble in Boulder, said her daughter, a
kindergardner student at Lyons Elementary, is one of several little children
moving to the old Longmont High School on Main Street due to the Lyons school’s
flood damage. Johnson said she found out about the school’s damage at 4am
on Thursday when she received an email from the school district.
Johnson’s first concern was for her daughter having to move to a
new school and not knowing other students since she has just been in school
one month. That anxiety was lessened when Johnson learned all the students
from her daughter’s class will be together.
Her daughter told her friends “My school is closed because a big huge tree
fell across the road.” “That’s all she knows,” Johnson said.
She has not told her daughter about the change of schools because she will “be asking me every five minutes
when school starts.” “I tell her she’s on break.”
The Lyons school children will be out of classes for a week.
Johnson said the school’s teacher sent an email offering to help in any way.
Johnson credits the Superintendent of the St Vrain Schools. “He did a good job being on top
of it.” She will tell her daughter the day before school starts.
Johnson said there is a meeting of all parents on Wednesday, September 18 when
other details will be made available.
New list of Longmont road closures
Sep 13th
Residents are advised to stay home or at a safe, indoor location. Residents of South Longmont will find road travel to be extremely difficult as there are no known roads open between South Longmont and I-25.
An updated road closure map is available on the City of Longmont’s website.
Longmont cut in half; evacuations requested
Sep 13th
City of Longmont officials are also requesting that residents in neighborhoods and subdivisions south of Quail Road between Main Street and 119th Street due to flooding along Dry Creek. They are asked to evacuate to Niwot high School.
National Guard troops will be gathering with heavy, high-clearance vehicles on Highway 66 west of Longmont to assess the highway into the Town of Lyons and determine if it is safe and possible to enter and take out people who have been trapped there since Wednesday. All roads into and out of Lyons have been washed out or underwater for the past two days.
Officials urge all Boulder County residents to stay home if at all possible. And if they must drive, do not cross any standing or moving water in roadways.
source from oem.
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