Dec. 27 — NORTHWOOD — The students of Hatton-Eielson and Northwood public schools are three months past the bus crash that injured 27 people involved with the schools’ co-op volleyball team. Even today, Shane Azure, Northwood superintendent, said there are lasting effects, although Northwood Principal Sarah Burger said things are getting better. “Every week, things get easier for them,” Burger said. “It’s not a quick recovery for some people, you know?” Fifteen weeks after the crash, things are returning to normal for both schools. The volleyball season is done, but some students play in other sports, like basketball, so there are still practices to attend, games to play. Semester finals are complete and students are on holiday break. But the…
