Cheng Sze-wang, head of Wong Shiu Chi Secondary School, also said on Thursday that the students were temporarily staying with their relatives or in other homes within the district.
Students in need were also offered counselling, while all dictations and assessments had been suspended to avoid putting extra pressure on them, he added.
The school is just a 10-minute walk from Wang Fuk Court, the scene of an inferno last week that claimed at least 159 lives. Many of the school’s classroom windows directly face the estate.
“Most of [the affected students] are now living in their friends’ and relatives’ homes, and prefer living in the district as they find transitional housing [in other places] too far away for them,” Cheng said.
“Some parents have already rented private housing for a temporary stay. [The students] now go to school as normal and have no big problem.”
He added that vendors had moved quickly to resolve the loss of students’ textbooks and uniforms to the fire, while families had received financial support from authorities and NGOs on Monday.