These Students Survived California's Most Destructive Wildfire, But They're Still Trying To Survive The Aftermath
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“One day I got in a big fight with my dad and he told me to get my stuff out of the trailer and have a nice life,” he said. He had planned to graduate early, with hopes of attending Chico State University. But now, like thousands of other teenagers in the region trying to regain a sense of normalcy, thinking of the future feels overwhelming, and many days, impossible.
“They are in survival mode,” said Principal Loren Lighthall, who recently announced he was resigning and moving districts because he couldn’t find a home for his family. “They’re living in these really tough circumstances and now that the shock is wearing off the reality of how hard things will be for the foreseeable future is catching up.
“School work is a silly thought when they’re trying to find food for the night,” said Christie, who is living in a travel trailer 200 miles away from Chico with his wife and three kids. “We’ve gotten creative in removing barriers so they can be successful, like for those trying to find a job and are dealing with FEMA, we tie that back to class credit. We call it real life learning.”
When Jessica’s having a particularly hard day, like when she realized she lost all her baby photos in the fire, she’ll drop into the 20-person group chat that one of her friends started right after the fire.
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