PARMA HEIGHTS, Ohio -- Heavy winds from a freak fall storm on Sunday pulled up a good-sized chunk of the roof at Valley Forge High School in Parma Heights.
“It was about 1 p.m. on Sunday when a pretty nasty storm came through the entire Northeast Ohio region,” Parma City Schools Superintendent Charles Smialek said. “The wind was strong enough that about two-thirds of the roof and the air blower was blown off of the Valley Forge High School weight room.”
Even though the Parma City School District is currently in remote learning due to the pandemic, meaning students and staff are homebound, Smialek said the fluke incident could have easily turned dangerous.
“We’re fortunate for not only the timing but the location of the roof incident,” Smialek said. "The debris landed in the field around the weight room area.
“We’re very lucky in that we weren’t in school because the debris was significant enough to really cause pretty substantial injury if it landed on somebody. It could have been catastrophic had it been a more significant chunk of the roof, if we were in school and, say, unloading a bus in that area.”
The one-story weight room is connected to Valley Forge High School. Soon after the incident, seven Parma City School District employees were on the scene to assess the damage and clean up the debris.
“We’ve got a good crew,” Smialek said. "They got it cleaned pretty quickly. To be honest, the damage looked a lot worse than it really was. We obviously called our insurance company as soon as we got word about the incident.
“Weather permitting, we anticipate the roof will be repaired by this weekend. The early thought is it will cost about $40,000 to fix, but we haven’t received the official estimate yet. The district will just pay a deductible, which is $25,000.”
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