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Kavitha Cardoza for the Hechinger Report

Puerto Rico’s remaining schoolkids struggle in the aftermath of hurricanes and earthquakes

El Coquí elementary school in Salinas, Puerto Rico, serves almost 300 children. Over the past five years, hurricanes, flooding, earthquakes and the Covid-19 pandemic have forced the school to close repeatedly.
El Coquí elementary school in Salinas, Puerto Rico, serves almost 300 children. Over the past five years, hurricanes, flooding, earthquakes and the Covid-19 pandemic have forced the school to close repeatedly. Photograph: Kavitha Cardoza/The Hechinger Report

This story on schools in Puerto Rico was produced by the Hechinger Report, a nonprofit, independent news organization focused on inequality and innovation in education. Sign up for the Hechinger newsletter.

There was little her family could salvage. Just a few plastic chairs, some photos, her school uniform.

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