The Liberal School District is working to return to normalcy and plans to rebuild after two arson fires destroyed its bus barn, elementary gymnasium and former high school building last month.
Liberal students came back to school on Oct. 8 after being out for 11 days. Bill Harvey, superintendent of schools, said faculty and staff are continuing to push through as best they can and are keeping their morale up, despite the situation.
“All of the debris from the fire has been cleaned up, as of last week,” Harvey told the Globe last week. “Our kids have been back in school. We had to put all of our students in the high school building for two days last week, but since last Thursday, we’ve been back to school as normal.”
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