On Friday, January 16, Student Council members from DPHS demonstrated their gratitude to the many, many people who responded to the recent flood situation. Teams related to the construction of the new building from Fontaine Bros. and Colliers International, as well as several local emergency response agencies including Spencer Fire, Spencer Police, and Leicester Fire & EMS showed a level of dedication that is impossible to describe and even more difficult to adequately thank them for. Following the burst pipe on Tuesday, December 16, which caused extensive damage to the brand-new David Prouty High School, emergency services and these construction-related teams responded to safely evacuate the building, clean up the immediate and extensive water, and then essentially tear out and reconstruct multiple spaces--including the gymnasium--that would be needed for the high school to continue operating. Despite an 5-day early, unplanned start to the December holiday break, Colliers and Fontaine Bros., pulled off what can only be described as INCREDIBLE feat, sacrificing much their own holiday time with family and friends to ensure our students and faculty / staff could return on time in January. It was a truly impressive demonstration of professionalism, heartfelt dedication, and honorable service that we continue to be humbled by.
StuCo members presented thank-you posters to the teams they know deserve enormous gratitude on Friday, and the teams' are shown below, accepting these tokens of DPHS appreciation.
We extend our most heartfelt thanks to the safety professionals who managed the emergency in the beginning, and to these phenomenal construction teams, these dedicated professionals, who have worked on this project for years and become part of the community. Their immense investment in the Spencer-East Brookfield District shows, and our thanks are endless.
