Hurricane Helene‘s violent sweep across America’s Southeast killed hundreds, knocked out power and indefinitely paused schooling for affected children.
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The waterlogged western half of North Carolina could see massive disruptions in returns to the classrooms, Cassandra R. Davis, an assistant professor at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, told the Times.
And, when school restarts, many students won’t show up — both mentally and physically.
“Even when things may appear to be back to normal, they’re really not,” Davis said. “Even if cars are on the road and the Waffle House is open, the storm is still heavily within that student.”