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Van students return to school after a week off due to tornado
VAN – They arrived in borrowed school buses and drank bottled water instead of tap.
They knew counselors were available, in case they needed to talk about the devastation brought by the EF3 tornado that sliced through town a week earlier
But for students returning to the three Van ISD campuses unscathed by the storm, Monday brought a return to some sense of routine.
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The Texas Education Agency last week approved a waiver to release all Van prekindergarten through third-grade students for the remainder of the school year. Other grades returned to school Monday.
Read more: http://www.tylerpaper.com/TP-News+Local/219780/van-students-return-to-school-after-a-week-off