Students adjust to learning from home during school closures

GREENFIELD, Calif. (KION) Delia Gonzalez and her son, Jonathon, are adjusting to a "new normal."

"I told him it's not going to be a vacation. You still need to figure out something to do," said Gonzales.

Along with hundreds of districts across the state of California, school has been put on hold in Greenfield. At least in-person, that is.

"Biology sent him an assignment. He started to do that. That is going to be an online course," said Gonzales.

Jonathon, a freshman at Greenfield High School, has used an online portal to view his assignments. He, fortunately, has a laptop to do so. "I don't know how many students in this district, in this town, have access to computers, laptops, tablets or anything to do their homework on. The library is around the corner, but I'm pretty sure that's closed also," said Gonzales.

Officials at the Monterey County Office of Education said they are helping each school district identify the resources they have and decide how they can be used to encourage learning from home.

"Some communities have better access to internet that other communities in our county. If they don't have internet then we are helping them assemble paper packets of instructional materials," said Monterey County Superintendent of Schools, Dr. Deneen Guss.

Guss encourages parents to stay patient with their child's school, as they ready materials for students to use at home.

For now, Gonzales is determined keep her son busy by teaching him a few skills best learned at home. "You're going to learn how to wash clothes. You're going to learn how to cook. You're going to learn how to do all those things," said Gonzales.

Guss said parents should receive communication from their child's school in the coming weeks about continuing coursework at home.