Dee Edgerton turns on a clothes dryer in her classroom at West Middle School in Rockford. When students struggle and need a less-crowded space to learn, they’re assigned to her room.
She also cooks with her kids. She does laundry for the school’s sports teams and for some of her students.
“He has nobody to wash his clothes,” she said. “He has nobody making sure he has two hot meals. Ms. Dee is making sure [he] gets at least two hot meals a week.”…