Solen school swells with dislocated Cannon Ball students

SOLEN, N.D. (AP) – The student body at the high school in Solen on the Standing Rock Indian Reservation has nearly tripled in size.

The 115 students from the elementary school in Cannon Ball are attending classes in Solen while their school is repaired and cleaned following a large grass fire. The Oct. 11 blaze melted playground equipment and filled the school with smoke and soot.

Solen High School Principal Jeff Brandt tells KXMB-TV that some of the younger students were a bit scared to be in the same building with the older kids, but he says “they’re really resilient.”

He says the elementary school teachers also have had to adapt, because most of their teaching materials are in Cannon Ball.

Brandt says Cannon Ball Elementary is scheduled to reopen Thursday, Oct. 29.

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Information from: KXMB-TV, http://www.kxnet.com