EVADALE, Texas — After heavy rains, six Evadale High School classrooms are dealing with water damage and the Superintendent says that it's nothing new for them.
The district says this damage really highlights the reason why they are pushing for a new school bond.
"They're having to evacuate classes, you know and move classrooms around like this morning, there was a lot of water in a couple of them," a concerned parent told 12News.
As overnight ground water flooded parts of the school Sunday night, a parent of two elementary students said they are worried about students health.
"I believe that the students health is probably my biggest concern. You know they're sitting like I said in mildew and mold, and they're breathing that in for 8 hours a day," the parent said.
In the meantime, makeshift classrooms have been set up in the schools auditorium and library.
"I can't have classrooms that have been wet and then put kids back in it, and expect it to be a healthy learning environment," said Superintendent, Kevin Shipley.
Shipley told 12News that the teachers in the six impacted classrooms were greeted with the overwhelming stench of soaked carpet in the morning.
"In some classrooms the carpet has been completely stripped, to avoid any health hazards to students," said Shipley, "The Spanish classroom, we're taking the carpet out, it's inundated and even if we dry it out I don't think it'll get it. So we're gonna go ahead and take it out. Then we will seal that floor and make it look nice."
Last nights storms also caused new leaks in the high schools roof.
"We actually had fixed several roof leaks we had and had some new ones pop up today. So we'll be chasing those down," said Shipley.
The district hopes to fix all the school's issues with help of a $24 million bond on the ballot.
"What we're asking voters to do is, you know to finance, and take care of the building aspect, so we can take care of the educational aspect," said Shipley.
"The school is old, we really need a new school, we need this bond to pass. We need our kids to have a place where they can go and they're not sitting in water, or walking on water when they enter the school," said Carol Langford, who has two grandchild in the district.
The bond money would be used to build two new campuses, including the high school, and renovate a third.