SAN DIEGO — At Bancroft Elementary School, 32 classrooms flooded from Monday’s powerful storm. As a result, 500 students are now at another school nearby.
"None of us were expecting how bad it was going to be," said Robert Cochran with the La Mesa-Spring Valley School District.
Cochran showed CBS 8 around Bancroft Elementary School in Spring Valley to see the damages caused by floodwaters.
"Our classrooms were under water and where we are walking you couldn’t see cement," he says.
Monday, the school hallways and floors ravaged by floodwaters bear the visible signs of extensive damage and deterioration.
"The mud you see over there extended all the way to where I'm standing," said Cochran.
Students were sent home early Monday and classes were cancelled on Tuesday.
Now, hundreds of students are taking class at Spring Valley Academy just a few miles away where additional space was available.
"You talk about all of the staff, our maintenance and facilities staff that have worked diligently to clean up what are really just catastrophic messes," said Cochran.
Large dryers and humidifiers are in the classrooms now as crews continue to clean up and power wash the school’s sidewalks.
"I’m so encouraged by the fact that everyone has come together to really accomplish what's almost seems like an impossible task," said Cochran.
The district says they are unsure of the timeline of when classes will resume at Bancroft Elementary and they reiterate student safety is their number one priority.
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