When Hurricane Ian hit in September, 2022, several homeschooling families were left picking up the pieces.

“Our home was in the eye wall for hours,” wrote one family of homeschoolers.

The rain-swollen Peace River drenched neighborhoods throughout their city. When the family returned home, they found that standing water several feet deep had ruined much of what they owned. “Everything on the floor or low shelves was damaged, including curriculum and my daughter’s desk,” they said.