A teacher stands in front of a screen in a north central Texas schoolroom. A few miles away, the mother of a middle school student sits down at her kitchen table, pulls out her laptop, clicks on a meeting link and is soon getting updates from her son’s teacher without ever leaving her home.
It’s parent-teacher conference time at Lewisville Independent School District, and another important meeting has begun. For both parties, connecting was seamless: just a few clicks and the session was underway.
When Lewisville moved to remote learning early in the pandemic, the district started offering…