Subj : Isolation Diary
To   : BARRY MARTIN
From : Mike Powell
Date : Mon Apr 06 2020 19:33:00

> I'm not sure how things were switched over around here.  The crisis
> might prove to be the kick in the seats the rural school districts
> needed to 'get with the programme'.  In the past some had to make up
> quite a bit of time because of nasty winters.  (Part of the basis for my
> comment on the Indiana seniors.)  With the schools closed there have
> been some problems with students not able to connect to the Internet,
> though the news stories seem to be emphasizing lack of WiFi --
> terminology sloppiness??

In our state, it seems like several of the at least semi-rural districts
were the ones more prepared.  The largest city, Louisville, has been out of
school for 3 weeks or a month now, but they are just starting their
distance learning tomorrow.

> There was a news story where school buses in Burlington (larger city in
> SE Iowa) were being used to prove WiFi.  ...So LIS, Burlington is a
> bigger city, not like some of the situations where the student lives on
> a farm in the middle of nowhere.  ...The concept didn't quite make sense
> to me before. now I'm even more confused by it!

Louisville is also planning to provide WiFi hotspots to students who do not
have access to the Internet.  They are also supplying several hundred with
a Chromebook.  As the reports I have seen have not been specific on the
"how," I wonder if they are planning to offer the WiFi in a similar
manner.

Mike


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