LAS VEGAS, Nev. (FOX5) – The clock is ticking to find out the fate of the only school on Mt. Charleston.
On Thursday, the bond oversight committee laid out their opinions in an open meeting with Clark County School District. Lundy Elementary School has been closed since tropical storm Hilary swept through the area last summer.
Since then, students as young as five have been bussed over an hour away to Indian Springs. Originally, the school district said there were 10 enrolled students, but in Thursday’s meeting, it was revealed there were many more.
“I have 20-30 kids attending Lundy Elementary school if it was open. These are numbers I found out by simply talking to the community, which the school district has not done,” Abraham Camejo said.
Camejo sits on the bond oversight committee. The board of trustees appoints members to give their input about schools that need repairs.
Pictures presented by CCSD do not match what Camejo saw for himself a couple of weeks ago when he toured Lundy Elementary exclusively with FOX5.
“The pictures that you guys have provided are old, the bond oversight committee approved and the roof has been replaced last two years,” Camejo said.
Since Camejo was not granted a visit inside by the school, he took the trip up the mountain himself and claimed that the roof looked good.
“Funds came out from the Department of Transportation to fix the roads. NV Energy fixed the power poles, we fixed the parking lot, damage is not there,” Camejo said.
CCSD claims it is going to cost up to $6 million to repair the damages, but on Thursday FOX5 found out insurance paid out $1.5 million, but it still was not enough, according to CCSD .
“There is $3 million of excluded cost,” a representative from CCSD said.
Bond member Yvette Williams asked if a cost analysis had been done regarding if the school were torn down and built somewhere else. A member from CCSD said it would cost around $8 million to do that.
“What this school really needs is a clean-up with a mop and a bucket,” Camejo said. “School district dropped the ball on this.”
That ball is now in the board of trustees court to decide if Lundy Elementary should close its doors for good.
They will vote Thursday, June 27 and parents have one month to appeal.
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