Repair crew erases arson damage in just three days
This week’s Shout Out goes to Alfred Hoskins, an area manager in the Construction and Facility Services department, for his team’s speedy repair of a temporary building at Garcia Elementary School.
Hoskins and his crew removed all traces of a fire that took place on a Friday morning at that campus, leaving the building ready for class by Monday morning, and the students none the wiser that their classroom has been virtually unusable just a few days earlier.
“Honestly, I was pessimistic when they told me that both rooms from the T-building would be ready for students by Sunday night,” said Principal Aaron Dominguez. “However, in short order, droves of HISD vans, trucks, and workers converged on Garcia Elementary and got to work, and by 10 a.m., the T-building was well on its way to being completely stripped.”
“(The CFS crew) worked with a true sense of urgency toward one common goal,” added Dominguez. “To witness it made me proud to be a part of Team HISD. (Their) hard work made this terrible incident as if it had never happened. Crews came and went unnoticed, worked quietly…asked questions to ensure everything was perfect, and followed up every step of the way. Incredible! At Garcia Elementary, we recognize excellence when we see it, and (those) teams exemplified excellence these past three days.”
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