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HALES CORNERS, Wis. (CBS 58) -- A Hales Corners school was supposed to open this Monday, but because of flood damage, students won’t be able to return to their classrooms for another week.

Journeys Lutheran is estimating it will cost $1 million to repair damage, and right now, staff say they’ve barely scratched the surface of their fundraising goals.

“Your heart sinks. Because you know that but for the flooding, today, there would be kids in these classrooms,” said Rep. Bryan Steil. “People have been dramatically impacted by those heavy rains.”

On Monday morning, these halls and classrooms should have been filled with students. Instead, they remained empty as the school continued to clean up following flood damage.

“It’s been very hard on staff. Especially our teachers, who, so

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