Ocoee High staff rescues kitten trapped in pole

A very lucky kitten now has a new home after being rescued from inside a pole at Ocoee High.

School staff tweeted about the rescue Tuesday, May 25. According to staff, some students heard meowing coming from one of the canopy poles outside the cafeteria at lunchtime. Three Orange County Public Schools employees found the kitten had somehow gotten stuck inside the pole.

The employees – Edward Mercado, Joe Wallace and Lance Bowling – reportedly had to cut an opening in the pole to allow Bowling to reach in and grab the kitten, much to students and staff's delight.

One of the school's Food & Nutrition Services staff members adopted the kitten and named him Knight after the school mascot.