Kristen Cox Roby and Sarah Taddeo NewYorkStateTeam | USATODAYNETWORK – in the D&C on 11/11/2020 on page A1
In his Rochester home, 14-year-old Reinaldo Sepulveda sits at the dining room table and studies with his four siblings, all part of the Rochester City School District’s remote learning during the pandemic.
In a modest Utica home, 16-year-old Say Kler Paw — part of a refugee family of 11 — puts her English and tech skills to good use to help her younger siblings learn online, and other refugee students, too.
And in a Poughkeepsie kitchen, 8-year-old Diamond Yeno and the mother who just regained custody of her earlier this year stare at a school-issued laptop, hoping to make sense of it all. Together.
In our COVID-19 reality, what does this school year look like right now for families across New York state?