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Three Springfield elementary schools remained closed on Tuesday, Sept. 16.

Fulton, Horace Mann and Lagonda still don’t have electricity.

“They are closed due to power outages that affect their particular areas,” said Kim Fish, district spokeswoman.

Springfield’s 16 school buildings did not have any significant damage and the high school had power Monday morning,Ê Fish said.

“I think we were probably saved by the fact that we have new buildings and don’t have any big trees,” she said.

Most Clark County districts reported only minor damage from Sundays winds. Greenon, Springfield, Tecumseh, Northeastern and Northwestern officials said their buildings had no significant problems and some had restored power Monday morning.

Northwestern buildings had power on Monday but many areas in the community were still out and some roads seemed dangerous, said Superintendent Anthony Orr.

“I hate missing school but ... based on what I saw in the community that’s what I had to do,” said Orr.

Clark-Shawnee schools had some significant damage with a roof blown off a district-owned barn and large vents blown from the building roofs, Superintendent Debbie Finkes said. “We had damage but we`re still kind of assessing.”

Rolling Rock and Shawnee High School only had partial power on Monday. Southeastern school officials could not be reached for comment.