Volunteers help move charter school flooded by Chantal in Hillsborough into new, temporary space

Volunteers gathered Saturday to help temporarily relocate The Expedition School, a Hillsborough charter school damaged by flooding during Chantal. Flooding left 98% of its original location's contents destroyed.
Posted 8/2/2025, 11:48:50 PM Updated 8/3/2025, 12:00:10 AM

COLLEGE.

>> WELCOME BACK. ALL RIGHT.

IT WAS A BIG MOVING DAY FOR A

CHARTER SCHOOL IN HILLSBOROUGH

THAT GOT DECIMATED BY FLOODING

FROM SEAN TALL. THE

RECORD-BREAKING CRASH WOULD BE,

YOU KNOW, RIVER MADE A MESS OF

THE EXPEDITION SCHOOL. 98 1% OF

WHAT WAS INSIDE THAT BUILDING

WAS A TOTAL LOSS. BUT TODAY, AN

ARMY OF VOLUNTEERS HELP MOVE

THE SCHOOL TEMPORARILY INTO AN

EVENT SPACE NEXT DOOR AT THE

CLOTH MEAL AT THE ITO RIVER

MILL SCHOOL OFFICIALS SAY THE

AMOUNT OF VOLUNTEER HELP

THEY'VE RECEIVED. SENTIENT ALL

HAS BEEN OVERWHELMING.

>> TODAY WE THOUGHT THAT WE

WERE MAYBE HAVING A 50 OR 75.

WE KINDA PLAN FOR THAT. AND

INSTEAD WE HAD OVER 150 AND

EVERYTHING JUST WENT SO FAST.

SO I WANT TO SAY, YES, I'M

ABSOLUTELY SURPRISED. BUT ALSO

LIKE THIS WAS IT HAS SHOWN ME.

AT THIS COMMUNITY CAN DO

ABSOLUTELY ANYTHING.

>> YEAH, THIS IS A YEAR-ROUND

SCHOOL AND CLASSES WERE

SUPPOSED TO START 2 DAYS AGO.

THE NEW START DATE NOW AUGUST

25TH RUSSELL SAYS IT'S GOING

TO REQUIRE QUITE A LOT OF

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