High school science teacher Amy Polivka talks about the double whammy in Watford City—the jolt of the coronavirus and the crash of oil prices—and how they’ve both affected students, families and educators forced into distance learning in a matter of days.

Welcome to Education Mindset—a podcast brought to you by North Dakota United.

I’m your host, Tom Gerhardt.

In the next six episodes, we’ll take a look at how the McKenzie County Public School District continues to adjust and adapt to distance learning from multiple perspectives including a music teacher, EL teachers, a kindergarten teacher, a counselor and library media specialist. It’s a snapshot of education during this unprecedented time.

We begin with Amy Polivka, president of the Watford City Education Association and high school science teacher.

She takes us back to the weekend everything changed.