HILLSBOROUGH, N.C. (WTVD) -- School is back in session at the Expedition School in Hillsborough after the first day of school was delayed by nearly a month.

Tropical Storm Chantal brought historic flooding to the area in July, leaving the elementary school under feet of water.

Two months later, the school is back open and students are walking the hallways, but it took the community and volunteers to make it to the first day of school.

Tammy Finch, the founding director of education and curriculum at Expedition School, said without the community's help, the school year would have looked different

"Otherwise, we would not have been able to reopen really on time in this space. So it was very exciting to get the kids in a place that they know, and a place that the families know. Their pl

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