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Mandate to cost local schools $2 million
Gypsum Creek Middle School is the pilot program for the school district’s Computers on Wheels program. The program is in eight local schools, and eventually will be in them all. The district bought 32 Goodle Chromebooks, along with mobile kiosks to move them around.Special to the Daily | EAGLE — […]
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Beekmantown CSD offers learning options | Local News
BEEKMANTOWN — The Beekmantown School District is set to start its 2020-21 academic year on Sept. 14 with a variety of educational options for families. “We did consider absolutely anything, and in the end I think we were able to provide two really good educational options,” Superintendent Dan Mannix said. […]
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Supervisors refuse county-owned laptops | Local
Salem Supervisor Evera Sue Clary said she appreciates the laptop provided by the county. She has been using her business laptop and doesn’t want to mix county business with her personal business. “Our town computer is an antique, and it’s impossible to Zoom at the town office because of lack […]
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Sallet: Moving forward together: Supporting state and local broadband leadership | Columnists
The irony is that federal support for state and local broadband efforts is now critical. The federal government has the capacity to spend money while state and local governments are facing sometimes severe budget constraints. The best approach is to fuse federal support with state and local leadership. The reasons […]
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County broadband authority seeking $3.8M to bring fiber internet to 2,300 homes and businesses | Local Government
The 2021 Albemarle project proposal, which would provide fiber to homes and businesses in 11 parts of the county, will cost approximately $5.7 million. CenturyLink is contributing nearly $1.4 million and the Albemarle County Broadband Authority is contributing $640,000. The 11 sections include Boonesville, Gilbert Station Road, Jones Mill Road, […]
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Dan River Region parents split on decision to start schools in virtual mode | Local News
“Until we actually turned in that [registration form], I went just back and forth because you do also worry about the health aspects of it, obviously,” she said. “But I just feel like my kids are also at an age where they understand, they can social distance, they will wear […]
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After initially focusing on small purchases, Pittsylvania County pursuing several large expenditures with CARES Act funding | Local News
During Tuesday’s finance committee meeting, the supervisors approved an allocation of $1.7 million to Pittsylvania County Schools that will cover the cost of 3,000 Chromebooks, the purchase of 1,000 internet hotspots with data included to be sent home with students, and bipolar ionization air scrubbers for the division’s elementary schools. […]
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Rural Brazos Valley districts face obstacles to online schooling | Local News
Learning to adjust Few of the Bremond ISD parents surveyed are opting for remote learning this year, high school Principal K.L. Groholski said. The school is moving toward ensuring that each student has a Chromebook or iPad, and other aspects of the school’s tech gear and teaching strategies are also […]