text: In education, there are numerous instances of students being robbed of precious educational time by uncontrollable events that make going to school unsafe. While weather is a common factor in school cancellations, instances of disease outbreaks can also close schools for an extended period of time. For example, the COVID-19 outbreak caused many schools to have to shut down for weeks at a time, however those with distance learning capabilities were able to make sure their students received the vital instruction that otherwise would have gone to waste. Furthermore, when Hurricane Mathew hit Georgia during the 2016-2017 school year, schools without distance education capacities were forced to remain closed for several weeks, cutting their students off from the ichor of learning. If those capacities had been in place, students' education would not have been so rudely interrupted. Clearly, distance education enables schools to continue the all-important of future generations even in the face of school cancellations.