Between 2017 and 2019, more than two thirds of all students went to school in a county that experienced a federally declared disaster.
of Paradise residents. More than 2,000 homes were also destroyed in neighboring Magalia, where Simon and a number of his classmates lived.Though Simon’s house and the Paradise High School building survived, it would be weeks before he was able to return home and months before he was back in the classroom — only to be sent home again during his sophomore year at the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic.
Like Simon, Grace Helton, 17, and her family lived in Magalia and were displaced in the immediate aftermath of the fire. Even for families like theirs, whose homes survived, evacuation ordersto deter residents from returning until it was safe, and it took longer still for water and power to return. During that period, Grace moved in with her grandparents in the neighboring city of Chico, time she now sees as invaluable: Just a few months after the fire, her grandfather passed away.
By the start of sophomore year, though, PHS students were given a glimpse of normalcy, with regular in-person classes resuming on their campus. For many students, the return to school after a disaster can play an important role in recovery, according to sociologists Lori Peek and Alice Fothergill. They’re the coauthors ofa multiyear study of young people impacted by the 2005 hurricane, which included following some students through high school.
Simon spent his time in quarantine learning how to throw shot put with his nondominant arm, having hurt his other arm before the pandemic. He also came out to his classmates as gay on Instagram. When classes and competitions resumed in person, he felt like he was able to finally show up as himself — and managed to record some of his best shot put scores. He caught the attention of scouts from the University of Chicago, and he’s headed there in the fall to study economics and statistics.
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