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That was just one of many questions Anne McHugh was struggling to answer as she drove home from Dublin on Thursday, March 12.
Ms McHugh, Chief Executive, Donegal Education and Training Board (ETB) had been at a meeting in the Department of Education when the Government announced it was shutting schools with immediate effect to delay the spread of coronavirus.
Initially, the lockdown was to last for just two weeks but laptops and iPads would replace books for the remainder of the academic year as pupils and teachers embraced a new way of life in schools.
Schools did reopen their doors in September but many are now using gymnasiums for classes, while screens, hand sanitising stations and clear signage to ensure social distancing is the new norm.