North Forest ISD would be a joke if the consequences for the students there were not so dire. And just when you think things can't get any worse, this happens.

As if North Forest School District didn't have enough to worry about, students from Forest Brook High School will have to begin classes at rival M.B. Smiley High School next month because of extensive damage caused by vandals earlier this week.

Fire hoses on the third floor of Forest Brook were turned on by intruders early Tuesday morning, resulting in extensive water damage throughout the school. School trustees approved emergency repairs, but those will not be completed by the start of school on Aug. 27.

"The kids have to be educated — we don't want kids to be out of school," said Mary McWhorter, president of the North Forest PTA Council. "If parents and the community come together, we can make this work. We have to. I would really rather have the kids go to school (together) than be out two or three months while the repairs are being made."

For those of you not familiar with the systemic problems with this failed school district, read the article and be prepared to be shocked.

However, let me commend district officials for actually trying to deal with this problem in the best way possible.

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