L.A. area school destroyed in wildfire helps students thrive amid devastation: “We still have each other” [Video]

An L.A. area school is finding innovative ways to keep their students engaged after the school was destroyed during the devastating California wildfires.

Shawn Brown opened Pasadena Rosebud Rosebud Academy Charter School in Altadena in 2007 to give back to the community she grew up in, providing a place for students to learn things like critical thinking and financial literacy.

As Brown, executive director of the school, copes with the loss of her own home, she found time to help students continue learning in the midst of tragedy.

“I haven’t had any moment to think about anything,” Brown said.  “I had to go from hearing that the house and the school burned down, to figuring out, ‘What am I gonna do with these kids next?'” 

Searching for a new building after the wildfires

After the Eaton Fire, which killed 17 people, destroyed the school, Brown and her staff quickly came up with a plan.

“So the first week after all …