KYIV, Ukraine — When the blare of the siren rang out over the loud speaker, the students in a school in central Kyiv quickly rose from their desks, packed their things and filed calmly down the stairs behind their teachers. But this wasn't a drill. Amid the darkness, huddled in the narrow hallway of their basement shelter, students chatted among themselves. Some used the lights on their smartphones to continue working on classroom assignments. They would remain in the shelter for nearly two hours until the threat of a potential airstrike passed. It is the new reality for the 430 schoolchildren, ages 6 to 18, who still attend classes in person at this large public elementary and high school in Ukraine's capital. Although classes resumed in September, a relentless barrage of Russian strikes targeting the city since October has crippled the country's power grid , caused rolling blackouts in Kyiv and offered the latest challenge to education during wartime. "We hope this will not last for a long time," said Olena Romanova, 50, who has been the principal of the school for the last decade. "We also have a generator, but since the school is large, it cannot meet the… Read full this story
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