When students work hard to cope with the consequences of Eaton fire, some Passadina unified schools are re -open
After the bell in the morning, on Thursday, the kindergarten of Passadine Willard Elementary School (since the Eaton fire has roared through the region, this is the first class) has completely participated in the best thing for 5 -year -old children to do: Play.
Four children are holding a dinner with plastic food and doll. “Ice cream and tomato-great!” A girl told her classmates. “If you eat, you will get DOO-DOO.”
Pasadena’s unified school officials appreciated this small and relaxed moment. This is a tragedy of more than two weeks and gasp for a large -scale cleanup for the re -open campus.
As part of the initial stage of the opening ceremony, a total of 10 regional schools and plans are planned to welcome more than 3,400 students on Thursday. These include Hamilton Primary School, Blair Middle School and Rose City High School.
Jennifer Hall Lee, chairman of the Passadina Unified Education Commission, said: “It’s really good to see a beautiful school building.” “Reconstruction and rebirth is essential. For everyone in PUSD and other regions.”
The region closed 24 campuses on January 8th (the second day of the fire starts)-only after testing can the children be brought back, which confirmed that they were safe under the state of emergency service standards in the state. Over the past two weeks, a detailed cleanup work-one deployment of 1,500 workers-has been ongoing. So far, it has been removed more than 100 tons of fragments.
“If anyone tells me that I want to rebuild a school district within 14 days, I will tell them that this is impossible.” Elizabeth Blanco. “But … we have the right crowd … love this area.”
In the fire, including the historic Eliot art magnet, the school properties owned by the five regions were severely destroyed or destroyed. Three of the lost people.
The re -opening up in the second stage will return another 5,400 students to the classroom; the third stage will increase by 5,000. The goal of the region is to return all students to face -to -face learning by the end of January.
When the children started class at 7:50 am, when the children flowed into Willard, the parents grinded on the forest at the entrance. This is the framework of two rows of palm trees. A father, Arthur Sierra, said he was uneasy about sending his 5 -year -old daughter Alina to kindergarten, but she was relieved that she had a widely clean plan in the area. He said Alina suffered from asthma.
“We are worried, just because of what is happening-the media explained the negative possibilities that may occur from our breath.” “[District personnel] It is doing all due diligence, but it is still possible. “
Nevertheless, Sira said that his daughter was happy to return to school-he was a little relieved. He said: “It is difficult for parents to provide the same level of stimulation and stay with them for eight hours at school.”
During Sira’s speech, a group of workers with neon yellow vests cleared the brush nearby.
He said, “We just want to be the best.” “You know, every day.”
