GRIZZLY FLATS (CBS13) — More than a quarter of the students at a school district in El Dorado County have lost their homes due to the Caldor Fire.
The impact is driving the district to reach them in new ways.
“Children are only young for so long and I don’t want to raise my kids in a burned-out forest,” said Jamaela Gilmete, one of the hundreds who lost their home in Grizzly Flats due to the fire.
It’s a community she was proud to call home after moving there from Mountain House five years ago.
“After moving to Grizzly Flats, within six months, I had more connections and close friendships than I had had in seven years. It’s very tight-knit,” Gilmete said. …
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