You can probably call public education and what has, or hasn’t, happened to it, one of the greatest tragedies of our time. Can anyone dispute that? Of course, you have to add to that the approximate 500,000 Americans who have died from COVID-19, which exceeds the number killed in WWI, WWII, and the Viet Nam War combined. Almost a year after the pandemic really started blowing and going in mid-March 2020, there are still few students on school campuses spread out across Hidalgo County. Many remain at home struggling to keep up with the coursework while harried parents pull their hair ...