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Though Longview ISD is ready for hundreds of ordered Chromebooks to reach, officers at different native college districts say they’ve the wanted know-how for distant studying. Districts beginning making purchases of know-how equivalent to Chromebook laptops and tablets for college students when coronavirus-related closures began in March and college students wanted the units to finish classwork at dwelling. Longview ISD begins lessons Monday, and spokeswoman Elizabeth Ross mentioned Friday that the district remains to be ready for about four,600 Chromebooks. She mentioned the district was anticipating some to reach Friday and the remainder by the tip of the month. “We ordered (the Chromebooks), however each district within the state is getting them,” Ross mentioned. “We had about four,000 throughout the district that both have been distributed or will probably be subsequent week.” Longview Excessive College distributed Chromebooks at pupil registration t

Picture by Janelle Patterson Shane Colvin seals plastic movie and adverts magnets to coverings for his spouse’s fifth-grade classroom bookshelves for defense throughout in a single day cleansing. The 2020-2021 educational yr begins subsequent week for Marietta Metropolis Faculties and preparations, troubleshooting and coaching have already begun. However what about educational expectations, requirements and insurance policies for college students? “My spouse is a primary grade trainer in one other district and I’m at the highschool so we speak typically about how the expectations might be totally different for various ages and developmental levels,” acknowledged Marietta Excessive Faculty Principal Chad Rinard Friday. “There are undoubtedly issues that we are able to anticipate of scholars at the highschool that aren’t affordable for the Okay-2 grades.” Each dad and mom and academics have provided questions for every constructing

As a public service, 97.9 WHAV presents Group Highlight at no cost for the advantage of Larger Haverhill nonprofit organizations. To submit information of occasions, fundraising appeals and different neighborhood calendar bulletins, Click on picture. Center and highschool college students are invited to create and submit their very own laptop, pill or cell apps to this yr’s Congressional App Problem and probably win nationwide recognition. The competitors is designed to encourage pupil participation in laptop science and coding. It was launched by the U.S. Home of Representatives in 2015 and permits college students to compete in opposition to their friends by creating an utility for desktop/PC, internet, pill, cell, raspberry Pi or different gadgets. Any programming language is accepted. College students could take part as people or in groups of as much as 4 and are inspired to register earlier than Thursday, Sept. 10 for early incentives. The ultimate deadline is Monday, Oct. 19 at m