SEABROOK, TX (KTRK) — Dozens of tiny little creatures have made a local elementary school their home. They’re Mexican free-tailed bats and they’ve been spotted all over Seabrook’s Bay Elementary. But getting rid of these bats is not easy.
“There have been bats flying in the hallways, library, found on the floor,” said parent Meri Dix.
That has parents like Dix concerned. She kept her son home today. Several parents tell Eyewitness News they are doing the same, at least for now.
Forty-four students were absent from school today and some parents tell us they plan to keep their kids at home until the school is bat-free.
Parent Angela Dautreuil said, “They’re flying, they’re swooping. I’m just afraid. I don’t want her to be the statistic of getting scratched or bitten.”
Today four bats were captured. Yesterday 11 were caught. School officials say in all around 50 bats have been caught and released by a private contractor.
