text: Many schools today are grappling with the threats posed by overcrowding. Increasing class sizes, crowded hallways, and impersonal student-teacher interactions are just some of the pressures placed on overcrowded schools. Schools must provide more space, more food, and more teachers, sometimes while not being supported by the federal or municipal governments. School officials today feel stretched thin and burnt out having to divvy out their resources and energy to an ever-growing number of students. It is harder and harder to control students, as they feel disconnected from a teacher who has to spread out their attention between hundreds and hundreds of students. If a distance learning option was implemented, these problems could easily be mitigated. Class sizes would decrease, students would have more space, and schools would not be responsible for as many meals as they are today. A distance learning option would decrease overcrowding, allowing schools to better distribute resources, time, and energy.