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More than 1,200 families lost their homes in Letcher County alone, where the school year is on hold indefinitely. Six of the district’s buildings flooded, including the central office and three schools that got eight feet of water. Two school employees died.
School is on hold in eastern Ky. as educators, students and families pick up the pieces of their lives.
"We have experienced some significant devastation. We will work as quickly and efficiently as possible to rebuild and to get to school as quickly as we possibly can."