“Many of our friends and neighbors are hurting right now. “We are now faced with arguably our biggest challenge- rebuilding our community,” he said in a video message. School Superintendent Brennan Asplin released a video message stressing the importance of reopening schools while also assisting those in the community impacted directly by the hurricane. 17, including: Atwater Elementary, Cranberry Elementary, Englewood Elementary, Glenallen Elementary, Lamarque Elementary, Toledo Blade Elementary, Heron Creek Middle, Woodland Middle, North Port High, Suncoast Technical College’s North Port campus and charter schools Island Village Montessori and SKY Englewood. But a dozen schools do not plan to re-open until Oct. Today, most of the schools in the county will re-open, including every school from Venice north. Sarasota County was among five school districts in Florida unable to reopen between the days ahead of Hurricane Ian’s Lee County Sept. “We have seen so much disruption in learning since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, we want to do everything we can to minimize the further impact on our students from Hurricane Ian.”

“With our critical focus on education, we knew we wanted to target teachers,” said Teri A Hansen, president and CEO of the Barancik Foundation. That’s part of $644,000 in storm relief funding announced by the Sarasota-based foundation. The Charles & Margery Barancik Foundation announced $230,000 in immediate relief for schools in the region, with $200,000 going into a fund for the Sarasota County School District and the remaining $30,000 helping DeSoto County schools. As Schools Begin Reopening, Philanthropy Offers Help Jacob classes return in most of Sarasota County, philanthropists aim to help a system impacted by Hurricane Ian to bounce back from the storm.

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