Schools
Sarasota County Schools To Reopen In 2 Phases After Hurricane Ian
All northern Sarasota County schools will reopen Monday, while south county schools are scheduled to reopen Oct. 17, superintendent said.
SARASOTA COUNTY, FL — After shutting down ahead of Hurricane Ian hitting Florida last week, Sarasota County Schools announced its phased reopening plan.
All schools north of Venice will open Monday, Superintendent Dr. Brennan Asplen said during a Tuesday morning news conference.
This includes the following schools:
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- Alta Vista Elementary School
- Ashton Elementary
- Bay Haven School Of Basics Plus
- Brentwood Elementary School
- Emma E Booker Elementary
- Fruitville Elementary
- Garden Elementary
- Gocio Elementary School
- Gulf Gate Elementary
- Lakeview Elementary School
- Phillippi Shores IB World School
- Southside Elementary
- Tatum Ridge Elementary
- Taylor Ranch Elementary
- Tuttle Elementary
- Venice Elementary School
- Wilkinson Elementary
- Booker Middle School
- Brookside Middle School
- Laurel Nokomis School
- McIntosh Middle School
- Sarasota Middle School
- Venice Middle School
- Booker High School
- Oak Park School
- Pine View School for the Gifted
- Riverview High School - Sarasota, Florida
- Sarasota High School
- Suncoast Polytechnical High School
- Suncoast Technical College - Sarasota campus
- Triad School
- Venice High School
In phase two of the plan, the following public schools in North Port and Englewood will open Oct. 17:
- Atwater Elementary
- Cranberry Elementary
- Englewood Elementary School
- Glenallen Elementary
- Lamarque Elementary School
- Toledo Blade Elementary School
- Heron Creek Middle School
- Woodland Middle School
- North Port High School
- Suncoast Technical College - North Port campus
“As you probably know north county and south county took a different amount of wind and hit and water, however all of our schools had water intrusion and damage,” Asplen said.
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Before, during and after Hurricane Ian, 14 schools served as evacuation centers, according to the superintendent. District administrators, food and nutrition staff, and bus drivers helped to operate these shelters.
As of Tuesday, two schools continue to operate as evacuation shelters — Venice High School and Tatum Elementary School, Asplen added. Both will close Friday at the end of the day.
Four schools — Glenallen, Lamarque, Toledo Blade and Southside — are still without power as of Tuesday, he said.
Since Friday, facility management and maintenance teams have been working at all district schools to assess, clean and repair damages, which have included sewage and plumbing, roofing, power outages, and flooding issues.
The district will share all Hurricane Ian-related updates at www.sarasotacountyschools.net/hurricane.
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