MERSAN, Haiti — Only a few schools opened after Haiti's central government said classes would begin resuming across the storm-devastated southwest region Tuesday.

Local officials said it will be a long time before that can happen.

The government says at least 420 public schools were damaged or destroyed and many of those that survived with partial damage are crowded with storm victims who have nowhere else to go.

And that figure doesn't include private schools, which outnumber public schools in Haiti.