Two years after one of the worst wildfires in American history devastated the city of Lahaina, teachers at King Kamehameha III Elementary School are working to provide stability for their youngest students who lost their historic school in the disaster.

The August 2023 wildfire that swept across the old whaling city killed more than 100 people and destroyed countless homes. Among the losses was the century-old King Kamehameha III Elementary School, leaving hundreds of children without their familiar learning environment.

Now operating from a temporary campus on the doorstep of the Maui Nature Reserve, the school represents the fourth different location students have called home since the fires. FEMA and the Army Corps of Engineers constructed the temporary facility in less than 9

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