From KRWG:
Here in Las Cruces, the district is working to address the technical problems students are facing. In the last year, Las Cruces Public Schools has ordered approximately 10,000 devices for at home use. They’ve also assisted in establishing internet connections for those in need through Comcast and hotspots.
Joshua Silver, the chief technology officer for the district, addressed technology concerns at the most recent school board meeting. (apparently the quote from Silver is verbatim, and the garbled syntax his)
“We’ll be able to move really in collaboration with the principals and really begin that process of identifying the computers in the building that are going to be checked out,” Silver said.
“And then finally, working with families that identified, at least initially identified, they do not have internet access…that really is a very fluid number. We saw that in March that someone who has internet access in March that does not necessarily mean their family has internet in April.”
10,000 “Devices” are “ordered”…but what devices are they? And how many were distributed, and how many students still lack suitable LFH devices, and access?
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