mary ann dewan here on "comunidad del valle." . the superintendent of public schools in santa clara county. you know, dr. dewan, we don't wanna say anything positive about the coronavirus, but if there's anything that came out of it is that all of our kids now are distance learning, and a lot of the children who--and their families couldn't afford to provide the tools that they needed--home internet, the basics, a laptop, maybe a tablet. they now have them. and so if there's anything that came out of the coronavirus, it's that. what are your thoughts? dr. dewan: well, i do think that this covid-19 experience of shifting from in-person to all distance learning did lift up some of the inequities in our community and maybe lack of access and created this opportunity for us to fill in those gaps, and so, as you noted, many schools, the county office of education and other leaders have banded together to help ensure that children who are distance learning at home have a laptop or a chromebook. they have access to the internet and the t