Superintendent Thomas Oestrich discusses the scale of community involvement with the recent water issue on Aug. 11 at the school board meeting.

During the schoolboard meeting on Aug. 11, Superintendent Thomas Oestrich took the time to acknowledge the recent water shortage in the west side of Carmel. Creekside Middle School and Clay Center Elementary School suffered from the lack of water, creating non-accessible tap water and unusable bathrooms. Due to the severity of the situation, Oestich was extremely close to cancelling school. Fortunately, the water came back just in time, allegedly with assistance from Westfield.

He said, “Truely it was a collaboration between our team, together we achieve.”

Senior Madeline Morales said “My brother goes to Creekside and I remember him telling me that he was trying to drink from a water fountain but it didn’t work so he didn’t have water one day.” By Aida Karim.