Wow. That's very helpful to know... In regard to the family that
called me, the child is in the METCO program and was specifically
told that he's not eligible to get one of the chromebooks
available via the program you allude to below. But that's
very reassuring in respect to most other Boston kids.
- Stephen
p.s. For others interested, to correct a typo I find the url is
http://bostonpublicschools.org/laptop with an 's' after school
and before .org
On Tue, 24 Mar 2020, John Boland wrote:
i got a voicemail from bps last night about this subject. my youngest is
still in high school n boston.
if you go to bostonpublicschool.org/laptop they can hook up a student with
a laptop. there's a link there about internet access also.
HTH
On Mon, Mar 23, 2020 at 10:19 AM Stephen Ronan <[email protected]> wrote:
I just got a call from a family in Dorchester with a kid whose
school has moved to online activities. They have Internet but no
computer for the kid to use...
Any of y'all have unused, unwanted functioning computers that you
may wish to donate in such circumstances? If so I may be able to
find homes for some of 'em. I have some extra monitors, keyboards
and mice... And am able to install an OS, but don't have much in
the way of working CPUs.
Also, it's worth keeping in mind that families eligible for
government assistance programs such as free or reduced price
school lunches, Medicaid or SNAP are eligible for $9.95/month
Internet via Comcast's Internet Essentials program:
https://internetessentials.org/
- Stephen Ronan
Roxbury, MA
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