Taylor Cleanup

We have talked to the insurance company. An adjuster is here now taking pictures and looking at all the damage. The insurance company gave us permission to call in a professional cleaning company. Just walking through the classrooms has irritated our throats and lungs and given us headaches.

We have called in a professional cleaning company. They have been to the school and know what they need to clean. They suggested that we close school for the entire week because they do not know how long it will take to clean everything. Most of our books and paper products will have to be thrown out. The cost of cleaning books page by page would be more expensive than re-ordering everything. We will inventory everything that they throw away and reorder from A Beka. After we pay a $500 deductible, the insurance should cover everything that has to be replaced.

A lock smith has been called in to change all the locks on the doors of the school and community center.

We staff met this morning and had a time of prayer together in the computer room. Mrs. Bocanegra encouraged us to fix our eyes on Jesus. She quoted from Jeremiah 29:11 and reminded us that God has a plan for our school, not to harm us but to give us hope. Mrs. Long, the first and second grade teacher, encouraged us to persevere. We are fighting a spiritual battle. We want the Lord to use us in this neighborhood to touch the lives of the children and families who live here. We prayed specifically for those who broke into the school and for our students and their families.