Elementary and junior high school affected by heavy rain restarted for the first time in about one month Kumamoto Kumamoto August 3 12:12
In Kuma-mura, Kumamoto Prefecture, which was hit hard by a record heavy rain, elementary and junior high school classes resumed on the 3rd, after an interval of about a month. Children who were unable to use the school building because they were flooded also enrolled in temporary classrooms and were pleased to meet their friends again.
Due to heavy rain last month, the three elementary and junior high schools in Kuma Village were closed because some of the schools were flooded and the school routes were cut off.
The village set up a temporary classroom on the playground of an elementary school on a hill that was not damaged by the flood, and as the school road was restored, classes were resumed on the 3rd day after an interval of about one month.
Of these, the children of Watari Elementary School, who had flooded the school building, were pleased to see their friends and teachers for the first time in a temporary classroom.
According to Kuma-mura, some children and students temporarily go to another school at the evacuation site, so out of a total of 232 children and students enrolled in three elementary and junior high schools on the 3rd, About 90% have attended school.
The three elementary and junior high schools will start their summer vacation on the 8th, and will be reopening for just one week, but the school wants to catch up on their learning delays.
A boy of the 3rd grade at Watari Elementary School said, “I'm living in a temporary house and I'm so stressed out that I can't play with my friends. I want to not only help cleaning the house but also study hard.” ..