Wrecked schools pose new challenge as Beirut students wait to head back to classes

Sister Magida Fheili, Principal of College Notre Dame de Nazareth, shows the damage at the school due to the explosion at the port area, in Beirut, Lebanon September 18, 2020. Picture taken September 18, 2020. REUTERS/Aziz Taher

BEIRUT, (Reuters) - Piles of rubble and broken glass lie in the corridors and courtyard of Beirut's College Notre Dame de Nazareth.

The principal's office has been damaged and the doors and windows of the chapel blown off. The statue of the Virgin Mary in the yard has remained intact, however, watching over workmen toiling to fix buildings.