LOCAL SCHOOLS RECEIVING FUNDS TO HELP IMPROVE REMOTE LEARNING

LOCAL SCHOOLS RECEIVING FUNDS TO HELP IMPROVE REMOTE LEARNING

At the road blocks -- that are keeping students -- from their online lessons.

44news report marisa patwa is in warrick county -- with details on the life-line -- that will connect-- homes to the classrooms. indiana students in poverty, living in rural areas -- are having major issues with connectivity -- as they choose to study virtually at home - feeling unsafe at school.

"the service is poor.

So theyl get kicked out of the classroom.

Some families have more than one child at home.

So their bandwidth isn necessarily what if needs to be to have to have the best virtual experience possible."

"i have my work laptop which i need for work obviously so we're kind of sharing that amongst the three of us.

So a little challenging there.

So just trying to schedule things out so we all have a turn with our computer."

But 61 million dollars in new in government emergency education relief money is aiming to help relieve these issues -- with both evsc and warrick getting over nine hundred thousand a piece and the university of evansville getting over seven hundred and thirty five thousand to help improve connectivity and purchase chrome books.

And the amount of students choosing to go virtual keeps increasing every day.

With evsc going from 2,500 to 2,700 kids and warrick going up from 1,200 to nearly 1,400 kids now online since the start of this school year.

"i have have some buildings that are approaching twenty percent of our students going virtual.

So again that why we presented it as an option.

We wanted to give parents that choice."

"it's absolutely essential to the success of virtual learning.

I mean if we don't have the technology.

We can't do anything."

The three warrick county students who tested positive for covid-19 thursday are too now participating the the virtual learning program and the superintendent anticipates more instances like this will continue as the school year goes on.

Marisa patwa 44news.

Indiana students in poverty, living in rural areas -- are having major issues with connectivity -- as they choose to study virtually at home - feeling unsafe at school.

"the service is poor.

So theyl get kicked out of the classroom.

Some families have more than one child at home.

So their bandwidth isn necessarily what if needs to be to have to have the best virtual experience possible."

"i have my work laptop which i need for work obviously so we're kind of sharing that amongst the three of us.

So a little challenging there.

So just trying to schedule things out so we all have a turn with our computer."

But 61 million dollars in new in government emergency education relief money is aiming to help relieve these issues -- with both evsc and warrick getting over nine hundred thousand a piece and the university of evansville getting over seven hundred and thirty five thousand to help improve connectivity and purchase chrome books.

And the amount of students choosing to go virtual keeps increasing every day.

With evsc going from 2,500 to 2,700 kids and warrick going up from 1,200 to nearly 1,400 kids now online since the start of this school year.

"i have have some buildings that are approaching twenty percent of our students going virtual.

So again that why we presented it as an option.

We wanted to give parents that choice."

"it's absolutely essential to the success of virtual learning.

I mean if we don't have the technology.

We can't do anything."

The three warrick county students who tipangheheirale for covi-1uaroo learning program and the superintendent anticipates more instances like this will continue as the school year goes on.

Marisa patwa 44news.

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