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How the 3 Diallo Sisters Were Finally Able to Connect to Their Classes
The city said it would be “impossible” to quickly install Wi-Fi in shelters for remote learning. Some shelter operators have proven them wrong.
Aaron Morris, 15, who lives in a family shelter in Brooklyn and attends school online, says the unreliable internet in his apartment is hurting his grades.Credit.Bryan Anselm for The New York Times
School days at the Diallo sisters’ apartment in the Bronx can be hectic.
Adama, the oldest, attends high school from the black couch in the corner of their apartment in a family homeless shelter. Her 10-year-old sister, Hawaou, sits nearby at the dining table, firing back answers to her math teacher’s questions. Her youngest sister, Aissatou, 7, sprawled on a bed in the other room, giggles her way through her second-grade lessons. ....

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