Phaedra Simon, a single mom of three from Opelousas, Louisiana
I'm not trained to teach them how to read. It's totally different from how I learned.
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Simon worked hard to keep her children — ages 9, 8 and 7 — on track when they started the year virtually like everyone else in the St. Landry Parish school district. She even quit her job to give her youngest the attention he needed.
As soon as the chance came to return to in-person learning, she seized it, even as she worries about their health. "I'm not trained to teach them how to read," Simon said.