A new hotline for public school students in New Mexico is set to provide technical support and homework help for those missing school due to COVID-19.
Kids who call the Quarantine Response Hotline will be connected with an “academic success coach” from Utah-based Graduation Alliance, the New Mexico Public Education Department said in a news release.
The company initially was contracted by the Public Education Department in spring 2020 at the start of the coronavirus pandemic to help keep track of students who were struggling through remote learning.
The initiative, dubbed ENGAGE New Mexico, hosted 11,000 coaching sessions for students across the state during the 2020-21 school year, the education department said.
Agency spokeswoman Judy Robinson wrote in an email the new hotline — for kids who are in quarantine or isolation due to a COVID-19 infection or exposure, as well as those who are in remote learning due to high case numbers at their school — is a continuance of its contract with Graduation Alliance and will be available through the end of the school year at “no additional cost.”
The service is available for students in public districts and charter schools participating in ENGAGE.
