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Parents across Nebraska are working from home will making sure their kids get the remote education they need. Here are just a few of their stories.
New Math and Keeping Up With Mass
"I'm Eric Ojeda. I live in Lincoln, Nebraska and I have a fourth grader who's 10, a first grader who's seven, and then a preschooler four years old.
They have to watch mass online twice a week because they go to a private school, but we still want to make sure that they get that part. So during those breaks, that's when I'm trying to work. When they have screen time in the morning is when I'm working.
Of course, they teach math way different than when I was a kid. And you know, we've experienced that already during the regular school year before all this happened. But I think during this time, we're just gonna teach it the way we know it, and they're gonna learn it and that's all that matters that they learn."
Kids Teaching Kids
"My name is Lauren Silverman Durban. We live here in Lincoln. Both my husband and I are full-time from home at the moment and we have four kids that are all in Lincoln Public Schools. I have a five year old who's in preschool, a seven year old in first grade, a nine year old in fourth grade and an 11 year old or wait, he turned 12, a 12 year old in sixth grade.
I'm a communications manager for the Lied Center. My first day was March 17, which was the only day I was physically in the building.
The school, Cavett, has been putting out daily morning announcements recorded, so we actually do sit the kids down and have them watch morning announcements.
My 12 year old has spent academic time with my five year old reading to him and taking him through some online lessons."
High School and Hard Questions
"I am Victoria Garrett. I live in the Havelock area in Lincoln. I have my mildly autistic son Aydden; he is 16 and goes to Northeast. And then I have my daughter, Skylar, and she's 10 and she goes to Pershing.
Remote learning just, like, really started here this week. The high school part is what's really rough. Especially if he doesn't understand it. I'm like, 'Okay, well, here's the hours from that teacher. Let's, let's figure that out with them,' and it gets, it gets to be a long day for the high schoolers.
For a while there there were so many parents and children that were still at the park, and then she was like, 'Can I go?' and I like have to tell her like, 'No and here's why.' And so I always allowed them to ask questions and I always give them, you know, the best answer that I know of."