Escambia County Schools To Reopen Friday Following Hurricane Zeta

Pensacola FL

29 October, 2020

6:31 PM

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From Pensacola High School: October 29, 2020 Superintendent Malcolm Thomas has announced that all schools and district administrative buildings will resume normal operations on Friday, October 30, 2020. All district employees are to report to their work sites at the normally scheduled time on Friday. Damage assessments of district facilities have been conducted. Although no significant damage was noted, at least nine schools (seven elementary and two middle) were without power as reported by the Emergency Operations Center. Gulf Power indicates all schools will have power restored by late afternoon, Thursday, October 29, 2020. The virtual School Choice Expo will be held as scheduled this evening, beginning at 6:00 p.m. The link for the virtual live event can be found on the district website main page: (https://sites.google.com/ecsdfl.us/school-choice-expo-live/home). After school activities and scheduled athletic events may resume after 12:00 noon today, Thursday, October 29, 2020. This press release was produced by Pensacola High School. The views expressed are the author's own.