Online learning puts new pressures on parents

While students adapted to online learning in the spring, many parents tried and struggled with the new role of keeping their kids on task and up to date with their education.

San Marcos Consolidated ISD has made efforts to learn from shortcomings of online instruction in the spring, by providing personal devices and faster WiFi hotspots to all students who need them as well as offering the option of learning in person later in the school year. The first four weeks remain online.

Some parents struggled so much with keeping their kids on task that the risk of contracting COVID-19 isn’t much of a factor when considering sending their kids back to school in person.