By Sharon Bernstein (Reuters) - Before wildfire ravaged the Hawaiian community of Lahaina last week, high school teacher Mike Landes was always the guy ...
STORY CONTINUES BELOW THESE SALTWIRE VIDEOS - Before wildfire ravaged the Hawaiian community of Lahaina last week, high school teacher Mike Landes was always the guy arguing that academics come first - before worries about the social and emotional development of the students.
Getting kids back in school poses numerous challenges: hundreds have already enrolled in schools in areas outside the burn zone. Some will be too traumatized to come when their schools in Lahaina reopen. Some parents will opt to move rather than rebuild. To help students, parents and staff, the Hawaii State Department of Education is offering in-person and telehealth counseling services, according to the department's website.
It is not yet clear how many children perished in the fire, or how many parents are waiting to decide where to send them to school. State education officials did not respond to requests for comment from Reuters. As of the state's most recent update on Thursday night, officials had still not decided how to handle enrollment for children who had attended King Kamehameha III, the school that burned down. One possibility is to allow them to attend the area's other elementary school, Princess Nahi'ena'ena Elementary, once it is declared safe. Another possibility is to open a temporary satellite campus in West Maui.
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