Nealmetria Loper spends much of her day “in” third grade, watching remote lessons over the shoulder of one of her daughters to make sure she’s following along on lessons. The mother of four is also just a shout away if her other daughters run into tech issues or come across directions they don’t quite understand.
“It's been really hard just because it's four children in four different grades, so they're in four different spaces,” she said. “Plus myself because I work. So I'm the fifth person on this Wi-Fi that I can barely afford.”