Despite plans to open the Salem Middle School on Tuesday, officials said this evening it will remain closed until Wednesday.
“We are very sorry to report that Salem Middle School students and staff will not be attending school tomorrow,” Superintendent DL Reed said in an email. “Due to a delay in receiving our air quality clearance report, school will be cancelled for Middle School students only for Tuesday, May 23.”
The school’s basement flooded last Friday night as part of flash flooding around the City of Salem. Although Brock Creek flooded to the east of the school, damaging several sports facilities and fields, the water that flooded the school was from ground water that came from the west of the school.
Water collapsed the retaining wall near the new gymnasium, and water funneled down the parking lot to a walkway to the basement.
It quickly filled up and leaked into the basement, which filled up to a level of about 12-15 feet in about five minutes.
Efforts have been made to remove flood-damaged equipment and dry out the wet facility. As part of that, mold spores and other allergens have to be cleaned and surfaces disinfected. ServPro worked over the weekend and today to clean and disinfect the school and today worked to dry it out.
An air-quality test had to be administered and must be passed before students can return to school.
Air quality tests were sent out and results were expected back today. However, by 7:30p , the test results were not back so officials decided to postpone school another day.
Reed said, “We are putting your child’s health and safety first. Hopefully we will be back on Wednesday. We will keep you updated.”
Inmates booked into the Detention Center within the last 24 hours.
STRINGER, JERIMIE
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Booking Date:
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Class:
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05/19/2017 0901 09/18/1989 *********** M LAWRENCE C 0.00 SUPERIOR COURT
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Citizen? Yes Birth Place Country: US City: MONROE CO State: IN
Class:
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CHATTEN,IVA M 47D02-1704-CM-522 00000000202 MOTION TO REVOKE Court: Date/Time: -0000
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Citizen? Yes Birth Place Country: US City: MARTINSVILLE State: IN
Class:
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Citizen? Yes Birth Place Country: US City: BLOOMINGTON State: IN
Class: FELONY
Release Date/Time: 05/19/2017-2300
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05/20/2017 1637 07/12/1980 *********** F LAWRENCE C 755.00
JOHNSON,LACI ON-SITE 00000000182 POSSESSION OF METHAM Court: Date/Time: -0000
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Citizen? Yes Birth Place Country: City: BEDFORD State: ZZ
Class:
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SANDERS,STEVEN E ON-SITE CHARGES 00000000182 POSSESSION OF METHAM Court: Date/Time: -0000
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ON-SITE 00000003030 POSS OF DRUG PARA Court: Date/Time: -0000
Citizen? Yes Birth Place Country: US City: FRANKFORT State: IN
Class:
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Citizen? Yes Birth Place Country: US City: WASHINGTON State: IN
Class:
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Citizen? Yes Birth Place Country: US City: BEDFORD State: IN
Class: FELONY
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05/20/2017 2229 05/02/1972 *********** M MITCHELL P 0.00
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Citizen? Yes Birth Place Country: US City: SALEM State: IN
Class: FELONY
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Citizen? Yes Birth Place Country: US City: OHIO State: OH
Class: FELONY
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05/21/2017 0130 09/13/1972 *********** M LAWRENCE C 0.00
WASIL,KYLE J 47D01-1607-F5-906 00000000079 FAILURE TO APPEAR CR Court: Date/Time: -0000
Citizen? Yes Birth Place Country: US City: DETROIT State: MI
Class: FELONY
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05/21/2017 0131 10/19/1962 *********** M MITCHELL P 755.00
JONES,JOHN E ON-SITE 00000000182 POSSESSION OF METHAM Court: Date/Time: -0000
ON-SITE 00000000107 POSS SCHED I Court: Date/Time: -0000
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Citizen? Yes Birth Place Country: US City: FRANKLIN State: IN
Class: FELONY
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EGGLES,LINDSAY D ON-SITE 00000000153 POSSESSION OF A SYRI Court: Date/Time: -0000
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Citizen? Yes Birth Place Country: US City: LAWRENCE State: IN
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Class:
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Citizen? Yes Birth Place Country: US City: LAWRENCE State: IN
Class: FELONY
Release Date/Time: 05/21/2017-2345
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ON-SITE 00000000001 PUBLIC INTOXICATION Court: Date/Time: -0000
Citizen? Yes Birth Place Country: US City: GREENCOUNTY State: IN
Class: MISDEMEANOR
Sherrie Elizabeth Lainhart age 57 of Salem passed away Sunday, May 21 at her home.
Sherrie was born July 31, 1959 in Louisville, Kentucky the daughter of James A. and Mary Francis Garrott Priest. She was a retired employee of Kimball’s and a member of American Legion.
She is survived by two sons: Joshua Lainhart and Michael Lainhart both of Salem, five brothers: James Priest of Frankfort, Kentucky, Russell Priest of LaGrange, Kentucky, Gilbert Priest of Lanesville, Carol Sneed of Mitchell, and James Sneed of Campbellsburg, two sisters: Vacle Priest of LaGrange, Kentucky and Terrie Priest of Campbellsburg, three grandchildren and 1 great-grandchild.
She was preceded in death by a brother: Darrell Sneed, two sisters: Judy Priest and Brenda Sneed and her parents.
Cremation was chosen and there will be no visitation or services.
Nathan Risen, the manager of East Washington Rural Water Corporation, said more customers have water tonight and there is hopes of returned all customers service by Monday morning.
There is still a boil water advisory for about 750 customers of the East Washington Rural Water Corporation, according to EWRWC Manager Nathan Risen.
“We ran another line across the spillway today and we are able to pump more water now,” Risen said Sunday evening. “There are still customers without water, but I am hopeful most everyone will have water by [Monday] morning.”
Risen said customers with accounts starting with 41 and 42 are advised to boil their water until further notice.
A boil-water advisory is a public health advisoryor directive given by government or health authorities to consumers when a community’s drinking water is, or could be, contaminated by pathogens.
The water that comes out of the tap should not be used for drinking, brushing your teeth, cooking or washing fruits and vegetables and should be boiled
Bring water to a rolling boil for a minimum of one minute.
When it cools, refrigerate the water in clean containers.
A pinch of salt per quart may improve the rather flat taste of boiled water.
Risen said there are many customers without water today, but did not give a number.
“We ran a temporary line across the spillway and got some water into the system [Saturday] night,” he said. “We are going to run another line to try and get some more water to our tower [Sunday]”
If you do not want to boil your water, you can disinfect it by adding 1/8 teaspoon of bleach (common household bleach containing 5.25 percent sodium hypochlorite) per gallon of water. Do not use bleach containing perfume, dyes, or other additives.
It is not necessary to boil tap water used for other household purposes, such as showering, laundry, or bathing.
Adults, teens, and older children can wash, bathe, or shower; however, they should avoid swallowing the water.
These security images show flooding water at the Salem Middle School
Last Friday night, rain water was pouring into the Salem Middle School so fast, the entire basement filled with water in approximately four minutes.
School board members met in a special meeting at 5p and decided to close the school for a day on Monday to continue to move forward with repairs and get the school ready for students.
Jennifer Lawyer, Dean of the middle school, put together a time line from security footage.
“We had a call from the security company letting us know the pumps were running between 5 and 5:20p,” said Lawyer. “At that time they were operating properly. At around 6:09, they went off again.”
“The video is only about five minutes because everything happened in five minutes,” Lawyer said, between 6:09 and 6:16p.
Lawyer detailed three camera views — the north dock area, the parking lot by the new gym and another camera that came on in the basement at 6:10p and showed the room being flooded over the next six minutes until it lost power and shut off.
The water flowed across the parking lot, which was fed from streaming water across the field to the west of the Middle School, across North Harrison Street and over the top and through the retaining wall.
The water sped across the parking lot and along the lower ramp of the basement up to the basement door and under the door.
“It was filling pretty fast,” said Lawyer. “You’ll see a second surge come through when the retaining wall broke.”
At that point, the room filled with about 12-15 feet of water and also flooded the stairwell back towards the dock of the school.
The only camera lost was the one in the basement became submerged.
Board President Mark Abbott outlined the damage at the school.
JD Wade Swift who is in charge of the pool at the middle school said flood water came into the pool along with debris through the drain.
“We’ve cleaned that up and the robots are in the pool cleaning that up,” he said. “We lost chemicals that were stored in the basement. But we’ll be getting more tomorrow.”
The basement area contained classrooms, storage, electrical room, an elevator and restroom. Don Burton’s classroom was ruined along with many other items in the basement.
The HVAC system can be salvaged but according Jason Wilson, a rep from ServPro, it will be a week or so before it can be worked on.
The focus has been removing the damaged debris from the flooded rooms.
“Very thankful for everyone who jumped in to try and save things,” said Scott Martin, head janitor at the middle school.
Additional damage was at the girls’ softball field. A storage building there was damaged along with the fence around the field.
The practice football field was damaged, along with equipment and storage.
The high school baseball field had damage from flooded storage areas and some minor damage to the field.
The high school soccer field was damaged along with parts of the walking trail, which Superintended DL Reed said was the City of Salem’s responsibility.
There was water damage at the school’s bus shed along with damage to the parking lot pavement.
Wilson said ServPro has been working over the past 48 hours to to remove debris from the basement area. Water has been pumped out and now the work of drying and disinfecting has begun to remove mold and allergens.
The only safety concerns the board had was with air quality. The HVAC system will be sealed so allergens will not spread from that room into the rest of the school.
As far as transportation to the area, most of the outlying areas in the county weren’t affected with flooding. Those areas that were, have been cleaned up.
As far as students living along High Street, Reed said “If your road has power lines still down, your student will be excused if they cannot meet the driver at the end of the street.”
“We will pick up students who live on blocked area of High Street on Main Street,” said Reed. “We will tell drivers to watch for kids at each intersection.”
Additionally, the middle school choir concert for Monday night has been cancelled.
DENISE ROBINSON, 43, SALEM
