PLUS BYE BYE BIG TEX.
FAIR PARK SAYS FAREWELL TO ITS
55-FOOT TALL COWBOY UNTIL NEXT
YEAR OF COURSE.
WELL, GOOD MORNING,
EVERYONE.
GLAD YOU'RE WITH US.
I'M RUSS McCASKEY.
KAREN IS OFF ON THIS MIDDAY.
WELL, CLASS IS BACK IN
SESSION FOR STEUCTS AT THOMAS
JEFFERSON HIGH SCHOOL, BUT
BECAUSE OF SUNDAY'S TORNADOES,
THEY'RE IN A NEW SCHOOL.
NICOLE JACOBS IS LIVE IN DALLAS
WITH MORE ON THEIR TRANSITION
FROM NORTH DALLAS TO WEST
DALLAS.
NICOLE.
REPORTER: RUSS, AT THE LOOKS
OF THE FACES OF THOSE INSIDE
THIS SCHOOL BUILDING, YOU WOULD
NEVER GUESS WHAT THEY HAVE
EXPERIENCED OVER THE LAST
COUPLE OF DAYS.
THAT'S NOT TO SAY THEY AREN'T
NERVOUS ABOUT THIS NEW
EXPERIENCE, BUT THEY ARE
DEFINITELY RESILIENT.
BEFORE DAWN AT THOMAS EDISON
LEARNING CENTER IN WEST DALLAS,
THE FINISHING TOUCHES ON THE
NEW THOMAS JEFFERSON HIGH
SCHOOL ARE UNDER WAY.
BECAUSE SOONER THAN THEY KNOW
--
WE'RE GOING TO START LETTING
THEM IN THE BUILDING AROUND
8:00 A.M.
REPORTER: THIS WOULD ONCE
AGAIN RESEMBLE THE FIRST DAY OF
SCHOOL.
1880 STUDENTS ARE BACK AFTER
TWO DAYS OFF WHEN THEIR SCHOOL
IN NORTH DALLAS WAS DESTROYED.
WE LOST OUR HOME.
REPORTER: PRINCIPAL SANDY
MASSEE TOOK A MOMENT TO REFLECT
ON WHAT WAS TRULY LOST.
AND IT'S NOT JUST ABOUT US
AND T.J.
IT'S ALSO ABOUT AN ENTIRE
COMMUNITY OF LOSS, OUR
BUSINESSES, OUR FAMILIES'
BUSINESSES, THEIR CARS, THEIR
HOMES.
REPORTER: BUT THEY WILL TRY
TO FIND COMFORT HERE STARTING
OVER TO FORM NEW MEMORIES.
IF THIS IS GOING TO BE A
T.J.
PARKS.
REPORTER: AND AS BEST AS
POSSIBLE ENJOYING A WELCOME --
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YOU GOTTA DANCE YOUR WAY IN.
DANCE YOUR WAY IN.
REPORTER: THEY'RE DANCING
THEIR WAY INTO THE AUDITORIUM
TO SEARCH FOR THEIR CLASSES AND
THEN THEIR TEACHERS.
OUR ENTIRE CALENDAR HAS BEEN
MAPPED OUT FROM DAY ONE, AND
THERE IS VERY LITTLE WIGGLE
ROOM.
REPORTER: WHO HAVE A FEW
NERVES OF THEIR OWN.
BUT ARE PREPARED TO TEACH
LESSONS BEYOND THE TEXT BOOK.
IF WE THINK, LIKE, FOR A
SECOND LIKE WE COULD HAVE BEEN
IN THAT BUILDING, THE KIDS AT
CAREY COULD HAVE BEEN IN THAT
BUILDING.
REPORTER: SO WHEN YOU HEAR
THE SAYING IT'S NOT THE
BUILDING, IT'S THE PEOPLE,
THOMAS JEFFERSON STUDENTS AND
STAFF ARE AIMING TO EMBODY
THAT.
PRINCIPAL MASSEY SAYS THERE'S
BEEN A HUGE OUTPOURING OF
SUPPORT, PROFESSIONAL TEAMS
HAVE OFFERED TO PITCH IN.
IN FACT, SHE TELLS ME THE
DALLAS COWBOYS HAVE OFFERED TO
REPLACE THEIR FOOTBALL UNIFORMS
THAT WERE COMPLETELY RUINED IN
THE RUBBLE.
WE'RE LIVE IN DALLAS, NICOLE
JACOBS, CBS 11 NEWS.
THAT'S PRETTY COOL.
ALL RIGHT, NICOLE, THANKS.
SEVERAL OTHER DALLAS ISD
SCHOOLS REMAIN CLOSED TODAY DUE
TO POWER OUTAGES.
YOU CAN SEE THEM LISTED RIGHT
THERE ON YOUR SCREEN.
STILL NO WORD ON WHEN THEY MAY
REOPEN AND THE CLOSURES HAVE
FORCED SOME BUS ROUTE CHANGES
AS WELL.
AND FOR MORE INFORMATION ON THE
