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| Superintendent Tony Knight, of Oak Park Unified in Ventura, California,
stands inside of a new classroom building made of shipping containers
that the district funded with a local bond, that are near completion at
Medea Creek Middle School in Oak Park, on August 6, 2020. Photo: Mel Melcon/Los Angeles Times/TNS |
But when their campuses shut down amid the COVID-19 pandemic, their experiences diverged dramatically.
Maria is a student in the Coachella Valley Unified School District,
where 90% of the children are from low-income families. She didn't have a
computer, so she and her mother tried using a cellphone to access her
online class, but the connection kept dropping, and they gave up after a
week. She did worksheets until June, when she at last received a
computer, but struggled to understand the work. Now, as school starts
again online, she has told her mother she's frustrated and worried...
Although more computers are in the hands of students, more than 700,000
K-12 students in California are still without them, and more than
300,000 are in need of internet hot spots. Some families are losing
internet access because of expiring discounts — even as their need for
broadband intensifies with children online for more hours a day.
Source: Anchorage Daily News
