On Spokane Reservation, limited internet access means remote learning a heavy lift

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Tue., Dec. 15, 2020

Bert Brisbois, a community liaison with the Wellpinit School District, wheels coolers full of lunches to a van to be delivered to students on Thursday, December 3, 2020, in Wellpinit, Wash.

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Bert Brisbois, a community liaison with the Wellpinit School District, loads coolers full of lunches in a van to be delivered to students on Thursday, December 3, 2020, in Wellpinit, Wash.

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Bert Brisbois, a community liaison with the Wellpinit School District, carries lunches to the doorstep of a student home from school due to Covid-19 remote learning protocols on Thursday, December 3, 2020, in Wellpinit, Wash.

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Lisa Ashe listens as Bert Brisbois, a community liaison with the Wellpinit School District, walks her through the ins-and-outs of a netbook her son, fourth grader Michael Flett, will use to engage in remote learning on Thursday, December 3, 2020, in Wellpinit, Wash.

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Joe McIntosh, left, listens as Bert Brisbois, a community liaison with the Wellpinit School District, walks him through the ins-and-outs of a netbook his son Colton, a third-grader, will use to engage in remote learning on Dec. 3 in Wellpinit, Wash.

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Bert Brisbois, a community liaison with the Wellpinit School District, thumbs through packets of homework for students required to do remote learning due to Covid-19 on Thursday, December 3, 2020, in Wellpinit, Wash.

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