When Trona High plays its home opener on Friday, the tiny school – too small to field a marching band – will have the band from larger Ridgecrest Burroughs High on its sideline.

This past school year has been anything but normal for Trona High School seniors and their parents.

Trona's high school football team plays on a unique field of sand and rock known simply as the Pit. The field is a profound symbol of the town's perseverance in the face of economic calamity.

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Trona High School was also heavily damaged and remains closed six months later. Trona Elementary School was been divided in half to accommodate the high school students.

Days after massive earthquakes rocked the region, the town of Trona will be hearing from federal, state and local leaders on Wednesday morning. A town hall is scheduled for 10 a.m. at Trona High ...

Trona Unified, which had an enrollment of 576 students in the 1996-97 school year, was down to 270 students between Trona Elementary and Trona High in the 2016-17 school year.

Trona Joint Unified School District superintendent Keith Tomes surveys the damage at Trona High School during the aftermath of two major earthquakes in Trona on Monday, July 8, 2019.

On Wednesday morning, about 900 residents gathered at Trona High School for a community meeting convened by local officials — three days after a similar meeting in nearby Ridgecrest.

Bottled water and food is being handed out at Trona High School. On Tuesday morning, portable showers were set up at the school.

“The future is not looking good, but we’re not going to stop,” said Christal Robles, a math teacher at Trona High School. She said St. Madeleine leans on her and Bryant for church readings ...