However, only 400 students from the area that burned have been reenrolled in other public schools. Reuters reports that about 200 students have been signed up for distance learning. The schools in Lahaina, elementary through high school, were home to more than 3,000 students, and it is unclear how many of those students have been relocated, enrolled elsewhere, or are deceased.
"For the schools that started today," Alex Fielding, CEO of Privateer, working on bringing power and wi-fi to the ravaged areas, told Fox, "I can't imagine what roll call looks like … when one in every four is likely not going to be there in those classes, in those neighborhoods. I don't know how you have enough teachers or counselors or therapists, or how you there's no way to do justice to the real tragedy on the ground."
The fires destroyed 2,200 homes, displaced nearly 5,000 and the death toll is still unknown. Only 6 of the known 114 dead has been identified. That number will continue to rise. Counseling will be offered at schools that are reopening outside of the burn zone.
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The Post Millennial