ROBESON COUNTY, NORTH CAROLINA – More than a month later and students in Robeson County are finally going back to school October 16.
- The school district closed its doors on September 11 to prepare for Hurricane Florence
- Teachers said they'll have to shift classes and make other periods longer to accommodate for lost time
- The repair work shouldn't interfere with learning
The school district closed its doors on September 11 to prepare for Hurricane Florence. Classes have been cancelled ever since due to the devastation in the county plus waiting on test results for mold in some schools.
Monday, faculty and staff spent the day assessing damages in their classrooms. Teachers said they'll have to shift classes and make other periods longer to accommodate for lost time.
"We expected it to be bad," 6th grade teacher at Deep Branch Elementary, Alecia Cherry-Swain said. "I don't know that anybody expected for us to be out as long as we have. The thing is, we just have to go with the flow and come back and just dive right in to it."
The district's superintendent said the county received state funds to speed up the recovery inside of damaged schools. The repair work shouldn't interfere with learning.