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These women search for farmworkers’ children, to help educate them. COVID-19 made their jobs harder.

Class of COVID-19: Finding The Lost Children Of Migrant Farmworkers

The rollout of the coronavirus vaccine provides hope that the end of the pandemic is near. But it’s not over yet. And in some parts of the country access

Santa Maria-Bonita School District students in the Migrant Education Program were gifted new winter coats donated by local organizations at a drive-through distribution last week. A total of 187 students received jackets at the drive-through, which took place before the beginning of winter break at the district office, district spokeswoman Maggie White said. The jackets were provided by Driscoll’s Berries, Reiter Farms and the Migrant Education Program, according to White. Santa Maria-Bonita’s Migrant Education Program provides services to over 3,600 migrant families in the district...

Students of migrant families get gift of laptops from ECU library By Patrick Holmes Lenoir County Public Schools For students of migrant farmworker families in Lenoir County Public Schools, it might seem that Santa Claus has relocated to Laupus Library at East Carolina University. A $75,000 federal grant awarded to the ECU library brought early Christmas presents of Lenovo laptops and accessories to 45 of these LCPS students. In all, the grant provided 100 laptops to students in eastern North Carolina, including 16 in Greene County, whose Migrant Education Program is administered by LCPS. “...