McNeese State hopes it can resume on-campus classes in a few weeks after it was damaged by Hurricane Laura. McNeese spokesperson Candace Townsend says they are still assessing the damage, but they know the school’s new health and human performance complex is banged up.
“Several of our other buildings have roof damage where the roofs were peeled back and we’ve got some water intrusion there,” said Townsend.
Townsend says the school has a newly installed scoreboard at the football stadium that was torn up.
“Our new scoreboard that we haven’t even had a chance to turn on yet. We’re not quite sure the extent of that damage. We do have contractors coming in that were part of that installation to look at that and give us an assessment,” said Townsend.
Townsend says the school is committed to finishing the fall semester.
“I can’t tell anyone right now how that is going to look but I know that we did it back in 2005 (following Hurricane Rita), we’ll do it again, and we will have everyone back on campus just as soon as it is safe to do so,” said Townsend.
(Photo courtesy of McNeese Athletics.)
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