PIKEVILLE, Ky. - Pike County School officials are in a “holding pattern” as to when students who attended schools that were flooded will return, and what will become of the recent assessment tests that were ruined.

Two Pike County schools, Belfry Middle and Johns Creek Elementary, were flooded May 9. County schools were closed Monday and Tuesday, but nine schools reopened Wednesday, with 13 schools remaining closed. Belfry High School is currently a Red Cross relief center.

The Daily News spoke to Carlette Harris, district assessment coordinator with Pike County Schools. She said the future of the school term remains unclear.

“We still have no water at some schools,” Harris said. “In some locations, the water is on, but is muddy. Everyone is under a boil water advisory.”

She added that the availability of bottled water is being affected by the demand for water in flooded areas.

“We have been meeting with the magistrates of each district to find out what shape their areas are in,” Harris said. “We have been working closely with Gov. Beshear and the state superintendent to determine how to move forward.”

CATS, or Common-wealth Accountability Testing System, the test used yearly to assess students progress, was given to students last week, but some grades still had more tests to take. The test books at Belfry Middle School were ruined in the flood.

“We are working daily with the Kentucky Department of Education, and they being very flexible,” Harris said. “The deadline to get the tests to Frankfort was May 14 for us but they have pushed that back to June 1.”

Harris said there is a possibility that BMS will get an exemption, but that has not yet been decided.