Calexico schools struggle to recover from quake

04-29-2010

By Tony Perry/Los Angeles Times

The Calexico High School Bulldogs track team is preparing to defend its league championship at the biggest meet of the season Thursday. But the meet, scheduled for Calexico, has been moved to El Centro. And the Bulldogs cannot practice on their own turf. The school's athletic field has been declared unsafe because light poles were loosened and bent by the 7.2 magnitude earthquake that struck on Easter Sunday. Schools Supt. Christina Luna is worried that another temblor could send the poles and lights crashing down, killing or severely injuring someone. Every school in the Calexico Unified School District was closed after the April 4 shaker, which was centered across the border, about 20 miles south of Calexico's "twin city" of Mexicali. In the weeks since the quake, aftershocks have added to the destruction. (more...)

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