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The schools will close out of an abundance of caution due to a red flag warning and high wind advisory, according to a press release from the Department of Education.

Many families are pushing for a K-12 alternative that would distance students from the burn zone.

Classes resumed despite lingering concerns about air quality due to the nearby burn zone. Lahaina’s intermediate and elementary schools also are reopening this week.

State health and education officials say it’s safe for kids to come back but some parents and teachers have doubts.

The state’s distance learning program faced overwhelming demand in August. What will happen now that students can go back to schools in Lahaina?

Thousands packed the War Memorial Stadium in Wailuku on Saturday to see Lahainaluna High School battle Baldwin. The game, which the Lunas won 42-0, brought the community together after the Aug. 8 fires.

Wearing red t-shirts and baseball caps, thousands of fans and fire survivors packed Maui’s War Memorial Stadium for Lahainaluna High School’s first game of the season.

Three schools will resume classes after fall break, while a temporary facility is being built for students of the destroyed King Kamehameha III school, the DOE said.

Parents demanded more transparency from education officials at a meeting Thursday.

School sites in Central and South Maui will temporarily accommodate some displaced pupils.