Oct 17, 2024
Hillsborough County students were welcomed back to class on Thursday for the first time in over a week after Hurricane Milton. It honestly feels kind of weird, but Im just really glad that were getting back into it, said Leto High School junior Isabella Brito.Brito and Adelesa Curri, both juniors at Leto High, considered themselves lucky. Their families were spared from the storm.However, the aftermath of Milton was hard not to notice around the neighborhood.Seeing all the furniture destroyed outside of peoples homes, I just feel so bad for our community, said Curri.My own best friend, she doesnt go here but she goes to a different school, and her house is just completely flooded even from the first storm, so having this next storm was just a whole different thing for her, said Brito.Returning to school required round-the-clock work to clear debris and get schools back online. Hillsborough County Schools Superintendent Van Ayres said that 170 schools were without power at one point.The area around Leto High was also impacted by the storm. Were right here in Town 'n Country on Sligh and Manhattan, said Assistant Principal Drew Gehrke. It definitely was flooded, like this whole intersection on the corner was pretty much completely flooded.Now Leto High School students are gearing up to give back by hosting a hurricane relief drive to help students, their families, and the community recover from recent storms. Theyre asking for items like furniture, gently used clothing, school and cleaning supplies, non-perishable food items, and even homecoming outfits.Genuinely anything that you can, said Brito. It doesnt matter even if youre like oh maybe somebody doesnt need this. Somebody probably needs it. You never know, theres so many people here that we all live in different areas. You never know who was affected more than someone else.Donations for the relief drive can be dropped off at Leto High School before an event on Saturday, October 26, from 10:00 a.m. until 2:00 p.m. in Letos bus loop.
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