Helu Wang

Middletown Times Herald-Record USA TODAY NETWORK

WALDEN – Kassandra Reichle had always wanted to homeschool her children. She got her chance when COVID-19 came along. Her 5-year-old was ready to go to school, but the pandemic pushed her to homeschool instead.

After a year of finding her way through homeschooling her kindergartner – what Reichle called “try and learn” – the Walden mother decided to continue homeschooling her daughter for the next year.