During the 2016 West Virginia flood the school building was damaged beyond repair on June 23 , 2016 when the Elk River put 7 feet of water into the school . On July 21 , 2016 the Federal Emergency Management Agency declared the building a total loss and the Kanawha County School Board began expedited plans for a new building . The new building is expected to be open by the 2018 – 19 school year . For the 2016 – 17 school year , student will share space via a split schedule with Elkview Middle School , with each group attending school for four-and-one-half hours per day with reading and homework assignments . A temporary campus of modified mobile home-type units known as " modulars " will then be constructed on the middle school 's football field and a normal schedule will be resumed . FEMA will provide the modulars and will fund approximately 75 to 80 % of the cost of the new building . The school 's nickname is the Huskies . The following sports are offered at Herbert Hoover : The school 's athletic equipment was mostly destroyed in the flood . Several major college coaches , including Jimbo Fisher and Nick Saban , both of whom were born in the state , have donated and led fundraising to ensure the students will have athletic and other extra curricular opportunities for the new school year . Rival schools have also sharing equipment and facilities
2016 West Virginia flood
2016 West Virginia flood
Herbert Hoover High School (West Virginia)