New Polish law makes school attendance mandatory for Ukrainian refugees

Students attend a special session for Ukrainians to learn the Polish language, during the first day of school in Warsaw, Poland, Sept. 2, 2024. Yana Kudina, a Ukrainian teacher who gives Polish language lessons to Ukrainian refugee students, greets her class on the first day of school in Warsaw, Sept. 2, 2024

Sava Trypolsky couldn't wait for school to start. Days before the Ukrainian boy entered first grade Monday, his backpack was packed. Sitting on his bed in his home near Warsaw last week, he pulled out coloring pens, glue sticks and all manner of supplies emblazoned with Spider-Man, Minions and his favorite soccer player, Lionel Messi.