Cut off: School closings leave rural New Mexico students isolated

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Cut off: School closings leave rural New Mexico students isolated

School closings leave rural N.M. students isolated
A student carries a math book delivered by school bus driver Kelly Maestas along his rural route Oct. 19 outside Cuba, N.M. The switch to remote learning in rural New Mexico has left some students profoundly isolated – cut off from others and the grid by sheer distance.
A school bus driven by Kelly Maestas arrives at his one of his rural destinations outside Cuba, N.M., Oct. 19, 2020. The switch to remote learning in rural New Mexico has left some students profoundly isolated – cut off from others and the grid by sheer distance. The school system is sending school buses to students’ far-flung homes to bring them assignments, meals and a little human contact.
Social worker Victoria Dominguez brings shoes to a student who has dwelled on suicide, as she rides a school bus along a dirt road outside Cuba, N.M., Oct. 19, 2020. The switch to remote learning in rural New Mexico has left some students profoundly isolated – cut off from others and the grid by sheer distance. The school system is sending school buses to students’ far-flung homes to bring them assignments, meals and a little human contact.
Autumn Wilson, a sophomore at Cuba High School, catches her hat as she rides Gus, a de-stressing outlet for her, in Cuba, N.M., Oct. 27, 2020. Wilson, a shy sophomore whose father died after she started high school last year. Then school shut down.
Veronica Madrid, administrative assistant at Cuba High School shows a slap bracelet USB drive loaded with assignments Oct. 19, 2020, outside Cuba, New Mexico. The closing of classrooms and the switch to remote learning because of the coronavirus outbreak have left Castillo and other students in this school district on the sparsely populated fringe of the Navajo Nation in New Mexico profoundly isolated, cut off from other people – and, in many cases, the grid – by sheer distance.
Social worker Victoria Dominguez collects supplies at Cuba High School to deliver along a rural school bus route outside Cuba, N.M., Oct. 19, 2020. The switch to remote learning in rural New Mexico has left some students profoundly isolated – cut off from others and the grid by sheer distance. The school system is sending school buses to students’ far-flung homes to bring them assignments, meals and a little human contact.
Social worker Victoria Dominguez, background right, delivers supplies she collected at Cuba High School, to deliver along a rural school bus route outside Cuba, N.M., Oct. 19, 2020. The switch to remote learning in rural New Mexico has left some students profoundly isolated – cut off from others and the grid by sheer distance. The school system is sending school buses to students’ far-flung homes to bring them assignments, meals and a little human contact.
Stars fill the night sky in rural Cuba, N.M., Oct. 18 2020. The switch to remote learning in rural New Mexico has left some students profoundly isolated – cut off from others and the grid by sheer distance. The school system is sending school buses to students’ far-flung homes to bring them assignments, meals and a little human contact.

Cut off: School closings leave rural New Mexico students isolated

A student carries a math book delivered by school bus driver Kelly Maestas along his rural route Oct. 19 outside Cuba, N.M. The switch to remote learning in rural New Mexico has left some students profoundly isolated – cut off from others and the grid by sheer distance.
A school bus driven by Kelly Maestas arrives at his one of his rural destinations outside Cuba, N.M., Oct. 19, 2020. The switch to remote learning in rural New Mexico has left some students profoundly isolated – cut off from others and the grid by sheer distance. The school system is sending school buses to students’ far-flung homes to bring them assignments, meals and a little human contact.
Social worker Victoria Dominguez brings shoes to a student who has dwelled on suicide, as she rides a school bus along a dirt road outside Cuba, N.M., Oct. 19, 2020. The switch to remote learning in rural New Mexico has left some students profoundly isolated – cut off from others and the grid by sheer distance. The school system is sending school buses to students’ far-flung homes to bring them assignments, meals and a little human contact.
Autumn Wilson, a sophomore at Cuba High School, catches her hat as she rides Gus, a de-stressing outlet for her, in Cuba, N.M., Oct. 27, 2020. Wilson, a shy sophomore whose father died after she started high school last year. Then school shut down.
Veronica Madrid, administrative assistant at Cuba High School shows a slap bracelet USB drive loaded with assignments Oct. 19, 2020, outside Cuba, New Mexico. The closing of classrooms and the switch to remote learning because of the coronavirus outbreak have left Castillo and other students in this school district on the sparsely populated fringe of the Navajo Nation in New Mexico profoundly isolated, cut off from other people – and, in many cases, the grid – by sheer distance.
Social worker Victoria Dominguez collects supplies at Cuba High School to deliver along a rural school bus route outside Cuba, N.M., Oct. 19, 2020. The switch to remote learning in rural New Mexico has left some students profoundly isolated – cut off from others and the grid by sheer distance. The school system is sending school buses to students’ far-flung homes to bring them assignments, meals and a little human contact.
Social worker Victoria Dominguez, background right, delivers supplies she collected at Cuba High School, to deliver along a rural school bus route outside Cuba, N.M., Oct. 19, 2020. The switch to remote learning in rural New Mexico has left some students profoundly isolated – cut off from others and the grid by sheer distance. The school system is sending school buses to students’ far-flung homes to bring them assignments, meals and a little human contact.
Stars fill the night sky in rural Cuba, N.M., Oct. 18 2020. The switch to remote learning in rural New Mexico has left some students profoundly isolated – cut off from others and the grid by sheer distance. The school system is sending school buses to students’ far-flung homes to bring them assignments, meals and a little human contact.