When wildfires tore through Southern California earlier this year, thousands had their education disrupted. At least a dozen schools were burned or so badly damaged that students couldn't return any time soon.
 
Rosebud Elementary Academy in Altadena, California, burned overnight. Students and teachers could no longer gather at the small charter school that now had melted desks, a charred water fountain, and warped playground equipment.
 
PBS News’ William Brangham spent time with those who went to the school to understand how teachers and students kept moving forward in the middle of a disaster zone.

A postscript since this story aired: Rosebud’s occupants moved into a temporary location — an elementary school in Pasadena — until the end of the year.