Palisades Charter High Sends 2,400 Students to Temporary Site 7 Months After LA Wildfires
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Updated · The New York Times · May 14
Palisades Charter High Sends 2,400 Students to Temporary Site 7 Months After LA Wildfires
1 articles · Updated · The New York Times · May 14
Pearl Abrahams began her senior year in a retrofitted department store, one of 2,400 Palisades Charter High students displaced after wildfire damage left the campus unusable.
Seven months after one of Los Angeles' most destructive wildfires, the school's return has been delayed and her family's smoke-damaged home in Pacific Palisades is still under slow repair.
The disruption has stretched beyond logistics: Pearl had not received her class schedule on the eve of school and was living in an Airbnb more than an hour away.
For families who were told life would soon normalize, the stalled rebuilding of both homes and campus has turned the start of senior year into a test of safety, stability and recovery.
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