‘Hurricane Protocol’ in makeup mode
October 2, 2019
After four days away from school while clean-up, construction, and utility crews worked to repair the damage from the Sept. 9 lightning strike, Marian Central Catholic High School students returned to their classes today. Before an hour of the day had elapsed, students, faculty, and administrators had gathered in Landers Pavilion for Mass “to start […]
At last, after four days to repair the major damage from Monday’s lightning strike, Marian Central Catholic High School will reopen after this weekend. Bishop David Malloy of the Diocese of Rockford will be at the school to celebrate Mass with the student body, faculty, and administration at 8:55 a.m. Monday. Members of the Marian […]
Efforts to reopen Marian Central Catholic High School after a Monday night lightning strike hit the school suffered a setback on Thursday. The school will remain closed for a fourth day on Friday. Thunderstorms early Wednesday evening and overnight “put a little water back into the building,” interim superintendent Vito DeFrisco said. Monday’s lightning strike […]
Students’ unexpected September holiday stretched into a third day Thursday at Marian Central Catholic High School as repairs continued on the building after a lightning strike to the school’s 30-foot chimney Monday afternoon. Late Wednesday afternoon, an announcement on Marian’s website informed families that the school would remain closed on Thursday. The announcement also detailed […]
Amidst a powerful thunderstorm Monday, the west side of the bell tower at the Woodstock Opera House sustained a direct lightning hit around 4:30 p.m. The strike “blew out a good piece of the limestone,” according to Daniel Campbell, managing director of the Opera House. While pieces of debris were obvious, Campbell said, what was […]
Lightning from Monday’s storm, which cascaded sheets of water on Woodstock, hit the chimney atop Marian Central Catholic High School, causing “quite extensive” damage, according to interim superintendent Vito DeFrisco. Tuesday’s classes were canceled. And DeFrisco said the school would not be ready to reopen on Wednesday. “I’m hoping we can open by Thursday, maybe […]
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