With public schools across the country grappling with plans for getting kids back in the classroom this fall, some parents are already shelling out hundreds of extra dollars a month to hire teachers to run micro-schools for kids in their neighborhood. Hillsboro, Oregon-based Juliet Travis, who has a 12-year-old son, started planning for the school year when she found out her child’s seventh-grade class would be held remotely in September as a result of coronavirus cases spiking across the country. Her son is hosting socially distant home-schooling "pods" for neighborhood kids with classes like PE and virtual learning during the coronavirus pandemic!
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