It’s been nearly nine months since the Palisades Fire ravaged the Pacific Palisades, permanently changing the lives of all neighborhood residents, young and old.

Some lost homes, their workplaces and for many area children, their schools were burned to the ground.

One facility that suffered that unfortunate fate was Marquez Charter School, an elementary school located on Marquez Avenue near Sunset Boulevard.

Pupils at Marquez Charter – as well as other schools in the area – were forced to attend classes at other schools in the wake of the fire; for Marquez students, their temporary new home was Nora Sterry Elementary School in West Los Angeles, about 10 miles from their home campus.

A sense of normalcy was restored on Tuesday, though, when students returned to the Palisades for class f

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