reports that as many as 100,000 children were uprooted from their homes, some of whom were separated from their families because the earthquake occurred during the school day.[216] 236 children were orphaned in the prefectures of Iwate, Miyagi and Fukushima by the disaster;[217][218] 1,580 children lost either one or both parents,[219] 846 in Miyagi, 572 in Iwate, and 162 in Fukushima.[220] The quake and tsunami killed 378 elementary, middle-school, and high school students and left 158 others missing.[221] One elementary school in Ishinomaki, Miyagi, Okawa Elementary, lost 74 of 108 students and 10 of 13 teachers and staff.
