Tornado damage sustained at two Nashville, Tenn., schools has forced the district to relocate students on several campuses.
Metro Nashville Public Schools says in a news release that when classes resume on Monday, Robert Churchwell Museum Magnet Elementary School and Meigs Magnet Middle School will be housed in temporary facilities. In addition, students and staff at Gra-Mar Middle School will be moving to Jere Baxter Middle School in order to accommodate the need for additional facility space.
Schools in Nashville have been closed since a tornado inflicted significant damage Tuesday in Central Tennessee.
Students at Robert Churchwell will be temporarily relocated to Park Avenue Enhanced Option Elementary School. Park Avenue is large enough to accommodate both schools, the district says.
Students who attend Meigs Middle Magnet School will be housed at Gra-Mar Middle School, and to make rooms for those students, Gra-Mar students will be transferred to Jere Baxter Middle School.
The district already had been working on a plan to consolidate Jere Baxter and Gra-Mar at the Jere Baxter campus starting in 2020-21.
“We are working overtime to ensure that this process goes as smoothly as possible, but we know there will be challenges along the way," says Adrienne Battle, interim director of schools."
Lockeland Design Center Elementary School sustained some tornado damage, but the district says repairs are being completed and it will be able to reopen Monday morning.
