| Got laptops, now what? Don't have Internet? Who pays for damage? |
| Posted by: Susan Einhorn |
| The 485 laptops handed out to West Branch pupils last week amounts to more than one-fifth of the population of the city. And while nationwide surveys estimate that 70 to 80 percent of homes have the Internet; a West Branch Community Schools survey shows the school population is well over 80 percent, technology coordinator Doug Cummings said. So what do West Branch families do if they do not have the Internet? One suggestion, he said: Download your research during the school day, then write your homework at night, he said. |
| Source: West Branch Times (IA-USA) | Published: August 27th, 2012 |
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