Destroyed schools and burned computers leave Lahaina parents with few options for their kids

Two days after she watched fires consume Lahaina, first-grade teacher Mindi Cherry stood in the ashes of her classroom. King Kamehameha III Elementary School, where she had taught for 13 years, had burned to the ground, only its aluminum roof left behind.  

As a teacher, she feels helpless. She doesn’t even know where most of her students are right now. And as a Lahaina reside and mom of a seventh grader, she says she’s also in limbo.