PULASKI, WI (WTAQ)- The Pulaski High School Greenhouse was another victim of the weekend snow.
Heavy snow collapsed the roof of the greenhouse, and with it put an end to a lot of work by many, and a big fundraiser.
High School teacher Kaleb Santy says they lost all that they were growing.
“About a third of the plants were covered in debris, but the rest were covered in snow,” said Santy. “Tropical plants do not like snow.”
The FFA uses the sales of flowers and plants as the group’s main fundraiser.
“The whole greenhouse was full and basically it was full of all the plants that would have grown for the next two months and be sold to support our Pulaski FFA.”
The greenhouse was also part of the district’s curriculum.
He says they do have another facility that they can grow plants in for now, and he was already notified by the administration that the plan is to rebuild.
He says the students are heartbroken but he expects them to come together to bounce back, but students have already called him expressing their concerns. For some, he says the greenhouse is a second home.
“It is an opportunity for us to teach students how to handle it and how to look for the positives.”
He says when all is said and done, it may open the door to a better facility.
