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High water forces High Island ISD to delay school start Wednesday

Superintendent Travis Grubbs says at 8 a.m. Wednesday, the district will reassess whether to have school Wednesday or to delay the start even further.

Credit: Nathan Kvinge, KHOU 11 Photographer

One of the most popular destinations for visitors at the Houston Audubon Society's High Island sanctuaries is The Rookery at Smith Oaks. Some of the most common birds nesting there are Great Egrets, Tricolored Herons and Roseate Spoonbills.

GALVESTON COUNTY, Texas - High Island ISD is delaying the start of school Wednesday until 10 a.m. due to high water on SH 87.

Superintendent Travis Grubbs says buses will also run 2 hours later than normal.

520pm report from @galvcountyoem : Water is ~1 ft over Highway 87@ 124 on the Bolivar Peninsula and is impassable. Even higher levels expected at the 4:49am high tide. Here's recent photos around the Galveston area from @SaltwaterRecon , @GalvestonIsland and Matt Summers. #houwx pic.twitter.com/vveeG14ZsK
— NWS Houston (@NWSHouston) October 9, 2018

For more on the delay, visit the district’s website and Facebook page.

Galveston ISD announced Crenshaw Elementary/Middle School campus on Bolivar Peninsula will also begin at 10 a.m. on Wednesday due to the unpredictable high tides.