Madison City Schools plan to hand out 1,500 Chromebooks and hot-spots

Madison City Schools plan to hand out 1,500 Chromebooks and hot-spots

Tonight i'm dan shaffer.

Najahe sherman has the night off today madison city schools started handing out computers and wi-fi hot pots to make sure students have what they need when online learning begins next month.

Alexis scott found out why the district wants family to get them if even if they have computers at home.

>> they'll be handing out chromebooks and wi-fi hotspots for the next week and a half.

It's all to make sure everyone has access to wi-fi and can make sure to finish all their assignments on time.

>> a lot of parents are working from home right.

Now they have one computer or maybe two computers.

Those are being used by the computers scoses thomas is scoz thomas.

>> thursday was the first day the technology was handed out for this school year, almost 1, 000 families signed up for computers and hotspots.

The district hopes to give out 1500.

He told me it's important students have all the technology they need to finish their work on time and the district can provide direct support.

>> we'll set up time times and we might be time slots where they can reserve time and we'll have a team available to troubleshoot or replace or repair.

>> for students to get a chrome book and hotspot they must register with the district first they hope a set schedule avoids long lines.

Everyone's health and safety are always priorities.

>> our students get together, our teachers get together online and they can collaborate with each other and learn together and hopefully they can still make those connections that we make in a classroom virtually.

>> the school will hand out the equipment up until august 12.

And they say they will be announcing more pickup dates soon.

Reporting in madison, alexis scott, waay-31 news.