SEMINOLE HEIGHTS, Fla. (WFLA) — Walton Academy for the Performing Arts is a title one school primarily serving underrepresented families.

The vulnerable school community has been hard hit by Hurricane Milton.

The goal is to get the mess cleaned up so school can reopen on Monday.

“This has me in tears; it’s just so devastating,” said Traci Greene, office administrator.

Water from Milton inundated Walton Academy in Seminole Heights.

“About 90% of the building had water intrusion,” founder Samuel Walton said.

Teachers, alumni, and parents are cleaning everything out and salvaging what they can. WAPO recently celebrated their 20th anniversary of being a charter school of choice in the community.

“The carpet is gone, the baseboards are gone, a lot of our reading books were destroyed,” said Carmen Warner, a kindergarten teacher.

Bookcases need to be replaced, and new flooring is needed after the carpets were ripped out.

“Coming back and just seeing my childhood basically destroyed everywhere, it’s just crazy to me,” said Talise Samayoa, former student.

Samayoa is now a high school student. She returned to her kindergarten classroom on Tuesday to help her former teacher, Ms. Warner.

“To see how much we’ve had an impact on them for them to voluntarily want to come help us, that’s big,” Warner said.

Samayoa’s mom and brother are sweeping and giving back to a school that has given their family so much.

“This is rough to see the devastation, that’s why we came,” said Tantillya Samayoa. “We said we have to come. We have to come and help them.”

Walton Academy is asking for monetary donations and supplies ahead of the reopening of school on Monday.