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01/21/10 - 05:51 PM
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The rain made its way inside several Bay District Schools, forcing teachers out of their classrooms.

At Lynn Haven Elementary, water soaked 6 classrooms.

“We had 2 kindergarten classrooms that we moved to another building and we had about 3 or 4 classrooms that we moved,” said Assistant Principal Susan Faircloth.

At Mowat Middle School, the water came in through the roof.

“We’ve taken in approximately 10 to 15 gallons of water,” said teacher Ed Cox.

Earlier this morning, they say the leak was literally raining from the ceiling. It caused the entire classroom to have to pack up and move to the library.

“If we have to move location, we either displace another class or I lose 15 or 20 minutes of class time in the transition going back and forth,” said Cox.

Science teacher Ed Cox says these kinds of disruptions make it tough to teach.

“The leak causes classroom problems… kids being able to focus on the material we have,” he said.

While Bay District Schools say it’s almost impossible to prepare for 5 inches of water in just a few hours, they say the 30 year old drainage systems may be part of the problem.

“We may need to enlarge or increase the drainage size in some of our buildings,” said Dr. John Haley, Executive Director of Operations and Support Services for Bay District Schools.

Teachers and administrators agree that another half cent sales tax would help with problems like these.

By lunch time Thursday, the problem was under control so class could continue as normal.

Dr. Haley says after situations like this they go in and evaluate the problems to see how they can better prepare for next time.