Lessons learned from the Ashtabula high school roof collapse, one year later

Public Education Matters · Nov 20, 2025 · 29m · transcript

On December 1, 2024, as Ashtabula Area City Schools educators and students were out on Thanksgiving break, five and a half feet of snow covered Lakeside High School, causing the roof to collapse. One year later, the Lakeside school community is still waiting for a path forward to begin rebuilding. As the Thanksgiving break approaches again, Lakeside educators are sharing their stories about managing the challenges of serving their students in these difficult circumstances and about the support they've received to stay Lakeside Strong.

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