The devastating wildfires in Los Angeles have displaced thousands of students, forcing schools to scramble for temporary locations and grapple with the emotional toll on children and staff. Gabriela Chevez-Muñoz, a third-grader, resumed classes at a different campus after losing her home and school to the flames. Educators are working tirelessly to provide normalcy and support students as they navigate this challenging situation.
The Los Angeles wildfires have forced thousands of students to relocate to other schools.Days after losing her home in the same fire that destroyed her Los Angeles elementary school, third-grader Gabriela Chevez-Muñoz resumed classes this week at another campus temporarily hosting children from her school.
Between 1,200 and 2,000 students in Pasadena Unified School District are known to be displaced but the number could be as high as as 10,000 based on heat maps of where families lived, district Superintendent Elizabeth Blanco said Thursday. The district aims to reopen some schools by the end of next week and have all students back in classrooms by the end of the month.
A total of 850 students attend her school and a sister school in Altadena, Odyssey Charter School-North, which emerged undamaged but is still expected to remain closed for months. At least 40% of the students lost their homes in the fire, she said, making it especially urgent for their well-being to find new space and resume school as soon as possible. “At this point we are trying to reopen in-person the very first day that we can,” she said.
“I feel so out of it, every day. Do I cry? Do I mourn the loss of my home and school? I am trying not to think about it,” he said. The longer school is out, the more idle time his mind has to wander.
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