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Back to school means back to normal, after Sandy

Students arrive at Mattituck-Cutchogue Jr. Sr. High School

Photo credit: Randee Daddona | Students arrive at Mattituck-Cutchogue Jr. Sr. High School in Mattituck Monday morning. The school originally was slated to be closed on Tuesday for Election Day but will be open to make up for missed days caused by superstorm Sandy. (Nov. 5, 2012)

As some schools on Long Island opened their doors Monday for the first time since Sandy struck, administrators in the hardest-hit areas say they must do more than simply make sure their buildings are safe: They want to help make children "feel whole again."

In Lindenhurst, Superintendent Richard Nathan said more than 100 of his students have become homeless, their houses leveled or uninhabitable.

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