How two Rochester-area teachers are coping with the sudden separation from their students
Justin Murphy – Rochester Democrat and Chronicle USA TODAY NETWORK – in the D&C on 4/6/2020 on page A1
Spencerport High School teacher Kim McLean sat down at her kitchen table and pulled up her lesson plan for Newton’s Law of Cooling, an extralarge Spencerport Rangers coffee mug at her side.
One by one, her honors-level Algebra 2 students popped up on her computer screen. Some were showered and neatly dressed, others still rumpled from sleep. Siblings, parents and pets paced behind them. They greeted her, then hit the mute button, waiting for class to begin.
To McLean’s right, just out of view, her own two young boys worked quietly on a Lego challenge for their own classwork. She took a sip from her mug and sighed.
“This is almost like normal,” she said into her laptop. “I love seeing you guys.”