some citing staff shortages. others the need for mental health relief. that doesn't help jess. she learned her son will have virtual learning through the end of the year. the mom of a special needs son and joins me now near grand rapids, michigan. sorry about this. this has to be another blow. how are you going to manage it and what does it mean for your son, lucas? >> how are we going to manage it? we just do. we wipe our schedules clean. this has happened repeatedly in the past couple of months and my husband and i are both self-employed so we just go through and we wipe our schedules clean once again because lucas requires total care. he has profound autism, along with other diagnoses and this affects him extremely negatively as well. there is aggression, there is regression, there is waking up in the morning with him saying go to school, go to school? no, luke, there is no school