Hurricane damage disrupts beginning of school year in North Carolina

From The Raleigh News & Observer: School districts and college campuses in North Carolina's eastern counties are coping with hurricane damage while trying to kick off a new school year. Many school districts and individual schools remain closed. East Carolina University in Greenville will reopen today after suffering an estimated $1 million in damage. Some community colleges will remain closed; one, Pamlico Community College inGrantsboro, was serving as a shelter for about 60 people.
RELATED...from The Boston Globe: Power failures, flooding, road closures and other problems left by Irene have led some superintendents in New England and elsewhere in the East to delay the start of school.