Texas School District Delayed Return To Classes Due To Millions In Flood Damage

The first day of school was delayed a few days for most students in the Mercedes school district due to two of its campuses being highly damaged during this summer’s floods. “Due to recent floods, we had two major buildings that were under renovation. They have since then completed but we still needed to go through the final stages and move furniture and teaching material back into the classrooms,” said Mercedes school district Superintendent Daniel Treviño. “Because we wanted to keep the uniformity of attendance all students will start on Wednesday, August the 29th.” The heavy rain and floods that took the Rio Grande Valley by surprise on June 20 caused an estimated $6 million in damages to the entire Mercedes school district, as per proposals submitted by the insurance adjusters, Treviño noted.