Sunnyvale Superintendent Doug Williams was surveying campuses Wednesday when he noticed water pooling in the middle school library. The winter storm busted a pipe in one of the school district’s oldest buildings and flooding quickly began.
Williams asked for help. The district posted an SOS message on its social media accounts. Soon dozens of volunteers arrived on campus to vacuum the water, remove the carpet and protect the books.
Then Sunnyvale leaders relied on aid to move the remaining books and shelter them from the high humidity in the room. The community’s effort helped mitigate the situation quickly, district spokeswoman Emily White said.