Baltimore City Schools switched to remote learning on Monday.
It’s been nearly a month since a student has been in a classroom in Baltimore City.
SWITCHED TO REMOTE LEARNING ONMONDAY.
THOUSANDS OF CHILDRENDONOR THE TECHNOLOGY TO USEONLINE CLASSROOMS. WMAR2 NEWSEDDIE KADHIM SHOWS US HOW THESCHOOL DISTRICT IS TRYING TOKEEP EDUCATION GOING FOR THEMAND WHAT LOCAL LEADERS AREDOING TO GET TABLETS INSTUDENTS HANDS.Take pkg Eddie LL INTRO Itbeen nearly a month since astudents been in a classroomin Baltimore City.
This weekthey switched to online, butthousands of studentshave a laptop or steadyinternet at home.
Thosestudents are being given workpackets, while leaders work toget them online.
7:1━7:14“These are some of the tabletsthat came in” Lisa Mulockwith No One Left Unhelped hasmade it her mission to gethundreds of new tabletsdonated to the children inBaltimore who need it most.Lisa Mulock No One LeftUnhelped 6:4━6:59“We justwant you to go on our AmazonWish list and just ordertablets so that we candistribute them to childrenthat need them because rightnow we need the tablets todaynot tomorrow.
We need themtoday” Sheout more than 50 tablets outto needy students.
2:5━3:13“We have about 80,000 childrenin Baltimore City Schoolsregistered.
80,000 and morethan half of them do not havinternet access or a device”Baltimore City Schools CEO Dr.Sonja Santelises says they arworking hard organizing andpreparing 15,000 chrome booksto distribute.
Voice of: Dr.Sonja Santelises BaltimoreCity Schools CEO 3━54“Priority will be giving toour high school juniors andseniors.
We are orderingadditional chromebooks andother devices wherever theyare available.
However thiswill take time as many otherschool districts around thcountry are doing the same”Baltimore City Councilunanimously passed a bill lastnight aimed at closing thedigital divide.
CouncilmanZeke Cohen sponsored the billcalling on the federalgovernment to reimburse thecity for funding to get anadditional 12,000 chromebooksand free internet access toall students.
Councilman ZekeCohen Baltimore City Dist.
11━25 Now is the time for usto stand with our students andwork with our schools to closethe digital divide.
We need tomake sure our children canlearn, achieve, and compete inthe 21st century economy notjust during this crisis butmoving forward” Eddielooklive The work packets areavailable for pickup everyMonday at any of the 18 mealsites.
For more information onhow to help Lisa Molock getTablets out to kids head toour website.
Reportingremotely Eddie Kadhim WMAR2News.A VIRTUAL VIGIL WAS HELD
Maryland Public Schools will be closed until at least May 15, State Superintendent Karen Salmon said on Friday.
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