Deniliquin Children's Centre staff (back, from left) Brook Begg, Kobie Nixon, Rhiannon Honey, Marcia McBurnie, Heidi Plant and Nicole du Toit, and Heidi's children Emily and Chris Plant, in the preschool playground.
Edward Public School in west Deniliquin has been forced to close until the site can be deemed safe again.
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At the time of going to print yesterday the school had advised it would be “non-operational” until the end of this week.
Principal Rhonda Blacker said this would allow for “the necessary checks of facilities and utilities are made”.
It is unclear whether the closure will be extended beyond this time.
Water covered most of the roads surrounding the school, and impacted the school grounds.
Parents and carers of students were provided with a link for at-home learning to ensure that the flood did not wholly deprive the students of their regular education.
Deniliquin Children’s Centre also has to close its services Wednesday, after the lagoon system running behind the facility flooded their grounds.
General manager Felicity Michael said while inundation was limited to the play areas, the main concern was that the toilet systems would be non-operational until the water receded.
“We are all okay, and we’re lucky to have plans in place for something like this,” Mrs Michael said yesterday.
Edward Public School remains closed today while safety assessments take place.
“Council, and everyone else” has been very supportive, and hopefully we will only be closed for one day,“ she said on Wednesday.
The service was indeed able to reopen yesterday.
While able to operate throughout, Deniliquin South School did warn parents that it would only be able to offer minimal supervision at the school on Wednesday.
Contingencies were put in place to move classes to the Deniliquin High School campus if required, but the Pastoral Times believe this was not needed.
Attendance at some of the smaller schools were also impacted by the rain, mainly due to accessibility.
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