POPLAR BLUFF, Mo. (KFVS) - Poplar Bluff students have not been inside the Kindergarten Center since early March.

Teachers have been working over the last week to get their classrooms ready to welcome their students back to a familiar environment

“It just takes a lot of time. People don’t understand everything it takes to get a classroom ready and set up,” said Susie Rahlman, reading interventionist at the Poplar Bluff Kindergarten Center.

But this is more than just a new school year. The March 14 tornado caused significant damage to their building.

Tornado damage causes Poplar Bluff Kindergarten Center to close rest of 2024-2025 school year

“So when I walked in, the first thing I saw was there was no roof in my classroom,” Rahlman said.

So she had to start from scratch.

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