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LOUISVILLE, Ky. (WDRB) -- Henryville, IN students will not have to make up the days they missed after the March 2 tornado ripped apart their school. The state has granted a special waiver.
The waiver means that students will not be in their temporary building well into June. It also means lots of hard work ahead for students and teachers.
Henryville students and staff did get a special visitor today.
Congressman Todd Young got a tour and a briefing, including news that the state will not require students to make up time they lost after the storm ripped apart their school building - adding up to 15 days for junior and senior high and 12 days for elementary students.
"This is something the Henryville students will be living with forever, said West Clark Superintendent Monty Schneider. "And I think they felt they had already been through enough and not to make them go most of June to make up those days."
It also means the school will not lose state funding tied to attendance. But here's no decision yet about ISTEP, the student achievement test required for graduation. Regardless, teachers and students will have to cram a lot of learning into a short period of time.
"It's very hard," said teacher Melva Carter. "We've had to really adjust our methods of presenting the material."
But school officials say teachers and students are adjusting well to the new environment... shorter class periods, longer breaks, no desks, no lockers -- even a virtual PE class using a WI game system. But senior Erin Hairston says she welcomes the waiver... even if it means harder work,
"I am so happy and excited. I wouldn't want to go to school in June. I want to graduate on time, so I hope that let's us."
And the congressman... he's impressed.
"They're happy to be back in school, they're proud of their communities for having responded in the way they have to this disaster."
While seniors will graduate on time, there's been no decision as to exactly where and when graduation will be held.
