ST. JOHN'S — About 60 students in eastern Newfoundland will be starting classes this September in an unfamiliar place after a wildfire destroyed their elementary school along the northwestern coast of Conception Bay.

As officials announced Cabot Academy was lost, Dale Lambe, president of the union representing teachers in the province, was thinking about what students will need to make it through a challenging transition.

"There's going to be a lot of trauma," Lambe said in a recent interview. "We're going to have to be very cognizant of that trauma that they've been through as families and as students."

Wildfires in Newfoundland and Labrador this year have destroyed homes, cabins and other structures, forcing the evacuation of thousands of people. Parents and school officials are keepi

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