More and more districts are going back to a virtual learning model as cases continue to soar.
What happened at Stone High School is happening elsewhere, and students and parents are in despair about it. As the COVID-19 pandemic continues to rage, especially among, school districts in Florida, Kentucky, Indiana, Mississippi, and Georgia are sending students home after only a few days in the classroom.
Joshua is already struggling due to slow and spotty Wi-Fi in his rural area. On day one, he was ready to learn, but marked absent because he couldn’t log into his Google Meet session. “We live in a low-income community where a lot of people can’t even afford internet at all. They’re working at fast food joints,” April explained. She added that many kids get free breakfast and lunch through a federally assisted meal program.
“The school is still providing food, but the parents are like, ‘I work all day. When am I supposed to go get it?’” April said. “It’s a terrible situation.”Jessica Craig in Austin, Indiana, can relate to what the Brand family is going through. Her son Nowlin, an eighth grader at Austin Middle School, was in the building just one week before they went remote. The plan is for the children to return on Monday.,” Craig told TODAY Parents.
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