Left without school or day care, farmworkers are bringing their kids to work
Story Date: 10/16/2020

 

Source: Erica Hillerstein, WASHINGTON POST, 10/15/20


Every day after the sun rises in Limestone, Tenn., a 27-year-old Mexican farmworker walks into the barn where she washes and packs yellow squash and zucchini, her three young children carrying their backpacks next to her as she leads them straight to the break room. Her 8-year-old and 10-year-old settle into chairs and use a hotspot to connect to the Internet. Her 4-year-old huddles over a notebook or iPad, sketching pictures and playing electronic games.

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