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Hello, Klein ISD community.

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

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

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...at one of our shelters.

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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.

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

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

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We had 340 guests who were here.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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We're opening 4 community feeding sites.

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

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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.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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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...

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

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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.

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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.

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

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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.'

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

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

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

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

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

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

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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.

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

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Before we make any of those final decisions.

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

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

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What it means to be Promise2Purpose investors.

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

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But it's also about our entire community.

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

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

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So thank you for your support.

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

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We are all in this together.

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

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

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If you have any questions, please let us 
know.

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

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Thanks so much.

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