Not heard it here, but I can't see it gaining much traction, given how New England winter can be, especially last year, and people tending to use cognitive biases like availability heuristics, again, given last year.
The thing is on paper, it seems like a cheap, easy way to get around it and good idea. But, in practice, there will inevitably be issues that predictably, would affect the poorest students most - lack of home internet connection, libraries closing when no home connection is available, and homelessness. Internet connection, let alone GOOD internet connection, is still not something people should just assume as a given. Nor should it be assumed that students will actually do what they should in the online learning world - we're struggling with that at the undergrauate and graduate levels.
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