'It was a hard time for me:' Bibb Schools' students who fell behind during remote learning Technical difficulties, resources for students with disabilities and finding homeless students factored into why Bibb Schools lost students during remote learning. Author: Pepper Baker Updated: 8:10 AM EDT May 25, 2021 MACON, Ga. — Kimberly Harrell says she and her four children are in a better place now than they were just over a year ago. That's when the pandemic hit and the Bibb County School District switched to virtual learning. "Being a single mom is not easy, doing that, and you know trying to work with the job as well. So it was like a whole bunch of mixed feelings as well. It was a hard time for me, very hard time," Kimberly Harrell said.