Jeff Bryant, the boys’ basketball coach at Palisades Excessive, was about to carry observe at 11 a.m. on Tuesday within the faculty gymnasium when safety knowledgeable him that the campus wanted to be evacuated due to the Palisades fireplace that had damaged out at 10:30 a.m.
“We saw fire above our parking structure,” Bryant stated. “The wind was bad. I had my 2-year-old with me. I ran straight to the car and got on the road.”
The women’ crew was additionally about to carry observe. Everybody shortly left and made it out with no points, in line with Bryant. Gamers drove their vehicles out or had mother and father with them.
Bryant can be one of many final to have seen a campus which will have obtained intensive harm to its services.
A basketball sport scheduled for Wednesday in opposition to Venice has been canceled. Bryant stated gamers have already requested whether or not their season will proceed, and he suggested that the main target have to be on households first. He stated a number of in his program have misplaced properties. Bryant stated coaches from different packages have reached out providing gymnasium time if wanted. Bryant stated he doesn’t know the standing of the gymnasium.
Bryant stated he’s simply grateful for the short motion of Palisades’ safety guard.
“Smoke hadn’t come yet,” he stated. “We got out just in time. We beat the traffic on Sunset.”
Bryant stated he had been warned by a participant by way of textual content as he was headed to campus a couple of fireplace within the space.
“I didn’t expect this extreme,” he stated.
College students had been out this week due to winter break. They’re scheduled to return on Monday, however they’re ready to see what’s left of the campus that opened in 1961.
“Of course, I want to finish the season,” Bryant stated.
The Los Angeles Unified College District has canceled all video games and practices for colleges on Wednesday.
