Lahaina’s youngest residents are processing the disaster while dealing with destroyed homes and schools, missing families members and classmates among the deceased.
Only 1,652 of the 3,000 children from Lahaina have been enrolled in other public schools or distance learning on the island, according to the Hawaii Department of Education.
“I want everything to be the same in Lahaina, and I miss my school. Or I just miss my friends, that’s all,” Kurt told ABC News. Three of the four schools damaged in the Lahaina fire may reopen in mid-October, pending environmental tests.“When schools open up, I don’t know what’s going to happen because we might get kicked out at my working place. They’re still only allowing us to stay over there until October 31, I think. After that, we don’t know what’s going to happen to us,” Brillantes said.For now, more than 100 of the displaced students are attending Sacred Hearts, one of the few Lahaina schools that is open.
“They lost their first home, we had to restore their second home, and because they are the future and our hope for our rebuilding and healing, this is the best we could do for now until we secure a new school here,” Lolesio said.
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