(ABCNEWS.GO) — Public school students in 13 districts across Kentucky will be home schooled ? mainly via the Internet ? during some snow days this year as part of an experiment aimed at keeping students learning amid the growing number of weather-related closings.
The state’s solution has caused a new set of challenges for some districts in one of the country’s most impoverished areas. Some students don’t have computers or home Internet access. And the school district might lose some state and federal aid.
Nonetheless, the snow day problem is too significant for Kentucky to ignore. Schools across the state had nearly four times as many snow days last year as they did the previous year. Some districts canceled school for more than a month.
