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    Back to school in Texas, a year after a hurricane

    Aug 27, 2018 4 minutes
    H.G. Olsen Elementary School in Port Aransas, Texas, Aug. 24, 2018. The school was one of many damaged in Texas last year by hurricane Harvey. The majority of Port Aransas students enrolled in the Flour Bluff Independent School District until their schools were repaired.

    It’s the end of the school day, and kindergarten teacher Katy Spofford is all smiles as she makes her way to the lobby of H.G. Olsen Elementary School in Port Aransas, Texas. Outside, the sun glares hot upon bare-backed roofers and hard-hatted road crews throughout this coastal town as recovery continues from hurricane Harvey. But inside, H.G. Olsen is an air-conditioned oasis of color-coordinated calm the first week of school.

    The Port Aransas Independent School District is small, with three campuses serving fewer than 500 students, and the Category 4 hurricane took a heavy toll, racking up $12.5 million in damage and leaving no building untouched.

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