Greensburg ? There’s no Internet, no cafeteria, not even a locker-lined hallway in sight.

But school is back in session in Greensburg, just as Superintendent Darin Headrick vowed it would be.

Days after a deadly tornado killed 10 people and wiped out the south-central Kansas town on May 4, Headrick promised that Unified School District 422’s students would attend classes this fall in Greensburg, no matter what.

The school year started Wednesday, with just under three-fourths of the student body returning from the 2006-07 year.

“This is an important day for our community,” said Amber Campbell, the grade school’s vocal music teacher. “If the school makes it, I think our community makes it.”

There are shortcomings, to be sure, at the makeshift school complex just outside the city limits, on land where the elementary and junior high schools once stood.

There are no permanent buildings, only 28 trailers, and the parking lot remains to be poured.

Phone lines remain to be installed, and many classrooms are without computers, boards – even chairs.

Lunches are prepared at a nearby senior citizens’ center and eaten in classrooms, while contractors work to complete a temporary cafeteria and auditorium.

“But we have kids, teachers and textbooks,” Headrick said. “We have everything we need to have school.”

Students don’t mind the setup, sophomore Connor Staats said.

“Walking outside in between classes, that’s my vision of what college is like,” Connor, 15, said earlier this week. “For once, I’ve been looking forward to school.”

Students are also grateful for all the help their town and district have gotten from outside donors, Connor said.

“Every once and a while, you stop and go, ‘Wow, people are really nice,'” he said. “It’s like, ‘Thank you, people I don’t know.'”