According to the El Caribe, schools reopened today in Jimani, the small town devastated by a flash flood two weeks ago. Of the 14,000 students in the province of Independencia, there were 1,280 children registered in the two public schools in Jimani, but nobody knows how many will show up for classes. Local school district supervisor Antonio Novas Pena is preparing for the worst, and has given his teachers worksheets to report missing children. According to Novas, his two schools in Jimani had many children from the poorest local neighborhoods, precisely the ones that were destroyed by the flood waters of 24-25 May. Several of the teachers will not in their classrooms, either. Maximo Perez Florian, a math teacher, and Nelly Marina Caraballo Perez lost their lives along with many of the students. Professor Perez?s wife was injured and remains on the critical list, while two of their children perished. Caraballo Perez?s family has virtually disappeared with the loss of her life, her husband?s, two of their children?s and her father?s. Novas told reporters that a strategic committee had been set up to deal with the psychological trauma suffered by the children, parents and teachers. A workshop will assist the teachers on how to deal with the tremendous weight now placed on their shoulders. The United Nations Children?s Fund (UNICEF) has begun counseling of the children in Jimani as the town tries to recover some aspects of normality.