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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Guess only the wealthy school kids get them who probably already have chrome books...nice[/quote]

Nah.

My nephew is at Neelsville in Germantown.  Fairly low-income.

Kids are already given tablets to take home, so they already have them.  Tablets are meant to be kept with the kids at all times.[/quote]

This is a completely different situation. Neelsville is a school partnered with Verizon to provide iPads to every student. That is not at all the case with all schools in MCPS. [/quote]

From the Neelsville website regarding Verizon Innovative Learning:

Update from Verizon regarding the school-issued iPADS:  For the next two months, starting yesterday, Monday, March 16, Verizon is upgrading the data plans on all Verizon Innovative Learning devices from 10 GB/month to 30 GB/month. We hope that this increased high-speed access will allow teachers and students to maintain open lines of communication, provide students with increased access to remote instruction, and keep families connected to important health and safety information.

This is a rare situation and very few schools in the county have this partnership. [/quote]

Baloney.  This is not rare.  I teach in another state, and my two siblings teach as well.  One in Texas and one in Illinois.  All three of our districts are located in places where free internet is being offered to families for the duration of the closures.  I have friends in other places as well and they have the same.  [/quote]

Reading comprehension fail. PP is talking about the Verizon partnership with Neelsville that provided each student with a tablet to take home prior to the closures. That is the rare situation. 
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