Students at Fort Worth school moved to a new campus

A Fort Worth school temporarily relocated its students and staff to another campus for the rest of the year. The entire South High Mount Elementary School was cleared out. The 90-year-old school is in dire need of repairs. Fox 4's Dionne Englund joins us now with more. Dionne. Hi there, Eden. That's right. Safety concerns have prompted the complete relocation of a Fort Worth elementary school, South High Mount Elementary. The structural soundness of the building itself has sparked the changes. District officials say on Tuesday, maintenance workers observed cracks within the building that indicated movement. On the northeast end of the building, a view from Sky 4 shows the campus activity after the discovery was made. The affected area includes the main office and four classrooms. The engineers recommended the areas remain unoccupied until repairs can be completed. The temporary campus for South High Mount students will be Western Hills Primary, a campus about five miles west. West. Of the school, the superintendent says the district is working to help families deal with the inconvenience. I know it's five miles away roughly. It is inconvenient. We know it is. We understand that. But this seems to be years in the making and we are very, very fortunate and very thankful of our maintenance staff for catching it and seeing that there were some cracks on the walls on the inside of the building. Therefore, the engineering firm went underneath and looked at it. So it's been shored up. It's being held up. But that's not where we want kids or staff walking back and forth. And there will be a second opinion conducted by a separate engineering firm. For now, students are being confined to areas of the campus that are away from the affected area. They will relocate to the new campus upon their return from Thanksgiving break. So there will be also a meeting on Monday afternoon at 5.30 in the South High Mount Cafeteria for parents with questions and concerns. Again, the superintendent points out this is very proactive, but it must be done. At the very latest, live, Eden, back to you.