Calexico schools face loss of learning challenges following earthquake

05-10-2010

By Ana Tintocalis/San Diego KPBS

Hundreds of school kids wait anxiously outside Mains Elementary School for classes to begin. This is first time they've seen each other in more than month. The girls hug and hold hands. The boys tease and crack jokes. Mains Elementary is one of 13 Calexico schools that shut down after the so-called Easter earthquake. Damages included exposed electrical wires, asbestos contamination, cracks in ceilings and roofs and busted water pipes. Mains Elementary School Principal Carlos Gonzales says most repairs are done. He’s focused now on getting kids quickly caught-up in school. He hopes they can survive California's state standardized tests. “It's a huge assessment,” Gonzales said. “We have to show growth. That is something that is on our minds. (more...)

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