. >> that's the mec-- mertarvik evacuation center. foundation is only done so far. >> so they'll just sit unopened until construction is ready to start. >> yeah. >> when do you think that'll be? >> hopefully by a year or two. we have to find funding for it. >> so this is your grandson? >> do you think he'll go to high school here or will he go to high school in newtok? >> hopefully here. >> there's kids running around but they're just visiting because no kids live here yet cause there's no school. >> no, they're just visiting for now until the school opens. >> but until a school does open, it'll be hard for families with kids to move, and until there's 25 families, they won't even have mail service. and in order to have enough people here, they need funding for more houses. >> how long do you think it will take for this to be a fully functioning village? >> probably in 15 years. if superman was here, we could have a city by tomorrow. (laughs) >> if newtok can find the money to build enough homes and move families over, it could unlock