- Students and families in Puerto Rico are bracing for another setback in student achievement following Hurricane Fiona.
- The full extent of Hurricane Fiona’s damage to Puerto Rico’s school buildings was still being measured, and many that were not affected were being used to house displaced people.
- Most schools on the island, especially in the center, west and south of the island, remained closed on Friday.
Puerto Rico’s schools have experienced several closures in recent years due to hurricanes, a powerful earthquake and a global pandemic. Now students and families are bracing for another setback in student performance following Hurricane Fiona.
Hurricane Fiona was headed for northeastern Canada on Friday after bringing heavy downpours and storm surge to Bermuda and leaving Puerto Rico with damaging winds and torrential rain that caused devastating infrastructure collapse, widespread blackouts , damaging flooding and at least four human deaths in Bermuda. his way The full extent of Hurricane Fiona’s damage to Puerto Rico’s school buildings was still being measured, and many that were not affected were being used to house displaced people.
