this warsaw high school, bringing the student population up to 700. it s olena s first day. lysha is a few weeks in and happy to be back in class. it s given me some space or given me the feeling of safety that i m safe here. i m in my normal life. reporter: in warsaw alone, the mayor s office estimates the city has taken in more than 100,000 children with 17,000 already enrolled in public school. the question now is how many more will come? it s a big problem for us because we don t know how many students come to warsaw and go to our schools. reporter: warsaw was already short 2,000 teachers before russia invaded ukraine. the city needs more staff and money. translator: this is a huge
time today. offered no further details. it is believed hundreds of civilians are trapped inside the complex. as soon as we have more details we ll bring it to you. many of the refugees escaping ukraine are children. that is putting it tremendous burden on schools in neighboring countries. we have a story of one school struggling to find space for the students. new school, new language. new country. we follow the needs. we open the classes we didn t know what would be in a week. what would be in a month. there are now 50 ukrainian refugees enrolled at this warsaw high school. bringing the student population up to 700. it s her first day. a few weeks in. and happy to be back in class. it s given me some space.
reporter: there are now 50 ukrainian refugees enrolled at this warsaw high school, bringing the student population up to 700. it s alaina s first day. liesha is a few weeks in and happy to be back in class. it s given me some space or given me the feeling of safety that i m safe here. i m in my normal life. reporter: in warsaw alone, the mayor s office estimates the city has taken in more than 100,000 children with 17,000 already enrolled in public sc school. the question now is how many more will come? it s a big problem for us because we don t know how many students go to warsaw and go to our schools. reporter: warsaw was already short 2,000 teachers before russia invaded ukraine. the city needs more staff and money.
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