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THINGS RETORTING IS PAUL
MARTINO, SUPPOSED TO BE
PREPARING FROM THE FIRST DAY OF
SCHOOL TOMORROW, INSTEAD NEARLY
25,000 STUDENTS WHO ATTEND THE
PITTSBURGH PUBLIC SCHOOLS
GETTING ANOTHER WEEK OFF.
SCHOOL HAS BEEN DELAYED
DISTRICT STILL DOESN'T HAVE
ENOUGH LAPTOPS FROM THE KIDS.
CHRIS HOFFMAN REPORTS TEACHERS
ARE TROUBLED BY THE LAPTOP GOT.
SUPPLY-CHAIN ISSUE,
THOUSANDS OF DEVICES STILL HAVE
HUNDRED VIPER PITTSBURGH PUBLIC
SCHOOL STUDENTS.
PREPARE TO START THE SCHOOL
YOUR ONLINE COULD EDUCATORS
FEEL THIS COULD HAVE BEEN
PREVENTED BIT
SEEMS A DEVICE SITUATION
SHOULD'VE BEEN TAKING CARE OF.
LIKE TWO YEARS AGO.
THREE YEARS AGO.
FIVE YEARS AGO.
TECH TEACHER HAS BUILT THE
DISTRICT MORE THAN A DOZEN YEARS
PERSPECTIVE STARTS A STUDENT
CAN GET THE DEVICES AS WELL AS
GET MORE ACCURATE AND WITH
TECHNOLOGY.
ANYTIME 20 TEACH STUDENTS
THEY DON'T HAVE, A WAY TO
INTERACT WITH THE TEACHER.
THEN, THE CURRICULUM THAT
CAUSES A PROBLEM.
ACCORDING TO THE DISTRICT
UPWARDS OF 7000 DEVICES SHOULD
BE ARRIVING TO FULFILL THEIR
OUTSTANDING NEED COULD 1200
GIVEN OUT SATURDAY, OR SOME
PARENTS IT WAS THE THIRD TIME
TRYING TO GET ONE.
LEARNING CURVE OF THE
STUDENTS THAT DON'T HAVE THE
TECHNOLOGY GOING TO EXIST
WHERE, AS STUDENTS THAT HAVE
THE TECHNOLOGY SINCE DAY ONE
BUT FOR WHAT HAPPENED, ALREADY
HAD OF THE GAME.
ADAM HOLLY GOING INTO HIS 15th
YEAR HERE, PANDEMIC HAS BROUGHT
TO LIGHT THE INEQUITY PARTS OF
THE DISTRICT.
CERTAIN SCHOOLS HAD ACCESS
TO DEVICES SINCE DAY ONE WHERE
THERE'S OTHER SCHOOLS THAT DO
NOT HAVE ACCESS.
Reporter: TEACHER'S AIDE
WORKING WITH FAMILIES TO GET
THEM UP TO SPEED WITH USING
PERSONAL DEVICES THE VIRTUAL
LEARNING.
ONCE CLASSES START, MAYBE OF A
CHALLENGING YEAR CAN STILL BE A
SUCCESS.
IF YOU'RE READY TO LEARN
GOING TO GET SOMETHING OUT OF
THIS EXPERIENCE.
Reporter: DISTRICT IS ASKING
FAMILIES IF THEY HAVE A DEVICE
THAT CAN WORK FROM THE VIRTUAL
LEARNING, TO USE THAT UNTIL
