August 28, 2020 6:06 PM
Elenee Dao
Posted: August 28, 2020 6:06 PM
SPOKANE, Wash. – The first day of class is getting closer for students in Spokane Public Schools. Laptop distributions are underway at a few schools.
Parents and students walked into North Central High School Friday to pick up their assigned Chromebooks.
To help students be successful learning from home, each student in the district will be getting a laptop. It comes ready with the applications it needs for students to just log on and start learning September 14.
“Are you ready for the start of school,” Assistant Principal Tami McCracken asked a student walking into the library. She checked students in before sending them to another staff member to get a laptop.
Mother Jamie Lawrence was sitting with her daughter Kathryn Friday morning, setting up their laptops. Jamie feels a little more relieved with the structured online school days this fall.
“It’s different. It’s a new experience, even though we did it last spring, I think this will be a completely different experience doing it in the fall. It’s a lot more organized. I feel a lot better about it,” she said.
While the Lawrence family has a computer at home, they still signed up to get one through the school.
“It’s nice having this with all the apps on it already,” Kathryn said.
When students and parents get their laptops, staff will ask them to open it up at the school to make sure they’ll be able to log on and get connected to the district’s network. The laptops will update, and then they’ll be able to take it home to use.
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