By BOBBY HORN JR.
HOUSTONThe start of school just got a little more complicated for North Forest ISD students.
Forest Brook students will join their classmates at Smiley this fall as the district works to repair damage at the high school.
At the start of the day on Tuesday, July 17, 2007, campus and district officials discovered that Forest Brook had been vandalized sometime early Tuesday morning or
Monday night, Denise Walker, district spokesperson said. The campus, located at 7525 Tidwell Road, was broken into and fire hoses located on the third floor were turned on. The fire hoses were left turned on causing damage to all three levels of the building.
During an emergency meeting of the Board of Trustees on July 17, voted to move the Forest Brook staff and students to Smiley, saying that the damage was too extensive to be repaired before classes start on Aug. 27.
To date, there is no estimate of the amount of damage or of how long Forest Brook students and staff will remain on the M.B. Smiley campus.
The school district has contracted with Texas General Construction to restoration and construction services.
The incident is currently under investigation by the Houston Police Department and
North Forest ISD is cooperating with that investigation, Walker said.