Hello, Klein ISD community.

Wanted to give a quick update on a couple of things.

I'm standing here at the Klein Multipurpose Center. I'm actually in the room that we used as the kids' play area.

...at one of our shelters.

As you know, there's been a lot of things going on. And we wanted to make sure everybody was in the loop with where we are and where we're going.

Speaking of shelters, we were running a couple of them.

The Klein Multipurpose Center has been used as a shelter at one point.

We had 340 guests who were here.

Then we had an overflow shelter and then just a primary shelter at Klein Oak High School.

Shout out to all the volunteers from the Klein ISD community and from the greater community who helped make that possible.

Donations like all this kids stuff and just anything we asked for, people were here with.

Whether it was helping hands or a plate of cookies, everybody was amazing.

So thank you from the bottom of our hearts for all that.

Both those shelters are now closed. So those are no longer taking guests in at this point.

NRG does continue to be open and serve as a regional shelter for Harris County.

So everyone's safe. We made sure everyone had plenty of options to move forward.

Also wanted to let you know in terms of taking care of community.

We're opening 4 community feeding sites.

And those sites are at Klein Intermediate, Wunderlich Intermediate, Mittelstadt Elementary and McDougle Elementary Schools.

Those are open for anybody in the community. We'll be serving hot meals from 10 to 11. And then more hot meals from 4 to 5.

So thank you to our Food Services team who put that together very quickly.

Because we want to be able to support our community in any way that we can.

One of the things folks have been asking about is Lemm Elementary.

You know, that area got an amazing amount of water.

Well, Lemm Elementary took in about 6 to 8 inches of water.

So it's going to be closed for a while...

...as we remediate the school and get it fixed up and completely safe for everybody to come in.

But I'm happy to report that we're going to be able to move the school completely...the folks...because the school is really made up of those good folks...

...are going to move those folks to Klein Cain High School.

So let me pause for just a second to give a huge shout out to Kathy Brown and her whole team at Lemm Elementary, who have been amazing.

Y'all they've been supporting everything you can imagine here in the midst of this disater while there were questions on what's going to happen with the school.

Kathy's been so instrumental in that. So thank you, Kathy.

But also, huge shout out to Nicole Patin and all the Cain Hurricanes for their support in saying, 'Yes, let's go. How can we make this work.'

It's going to be a safe environment for everybody involved.

We're going to make sure that it's a great learning experience for everybody.

Because that's what we're about here in Klein ISD.

And then finally, just wanted to give a general appreciation to everybody in the school district.

I know that folks are still antsy about some things. Like what exact day is school going to start back up.

We'll have information about that before the weekend's up.

Keep an eye out on social media and we'll do our calls and make sure everybody's well communicated whenever a final decision is made.

And I know you want, like we do, to make everything's safe. All the roads are safe for employees to get into work.

Before we make any of those final decisions.

So with all of that said, again, a huge shout out to our community for y'all have done.

The response that we have made collectively. I think collectively we have shown true Klein spirit.

What it means to be Promise2Purpose investors.

Not just for our students, y'all. Promise2Purpose is about our students, yes.

But it's also about our entire community.

And if nothing else, we have shown what Klein ISD is about is EVERYONE entering with a promise...

...and we want to make sure everyone exits with a purpose as well.

So thank you for your support.

Thank you for your generosity. Thank you for our patience and grace as we make some decisions moving forward.

We are all in this together.

And we stand with all of our neighbors who had so much damage.

And we stand prepared to help in any way that we need.

If you have any questions, please let us know.

And we'll update you when we have more information.

Thanks so much.