Rural families without internet face tough choice on school

1 / 11Virus OutbreakBeattyville Mayor Scott Jackson walks past the post office on Main Street in Beattyville, Ky., Wednesday, July 29, 2020. Jackson remembers the fight more than a half-century ago to get clean, running water into the county. Now, he sees the internet as just as important, in order to help create jobs and encourage new businesses to move into the empty storefronts on Beattyville's main street. BEATTYVILLE, Ky.

Roughly 3 million students across the United States don't have access to a home internet connection. A third of households with school-age children that do not have home internet cite the expense as the main reason, according to federal Education Department statistics. But in some rural places, a reliable connection can't be had at any price.

Students aren't the only ones who struggled this past spring. Some teachers had to go into their classrooms to get internet access, despite recommendations that they stay home, according to Lee County School Superintendent Sarah Wasson. Beattyville Mayor Scott Jackson remembers the fight more than a half-century ago to get clean, running water into the county. Now, he sees the internet as just as important, in order to help create jobs and encourage businesses to move into the empty storefronts on Beattyville's main street.

Ross is able to pay for data with what he earns from occasional construction jobs, but Comcast, AT&T and T-Mobile recently brought back some data caps, which could slow the speed of what little connection families like Ross’ have.

notice they used a post office as a background? what morons!

now these are democratically held areas, right? hey just heard standards are bad areas must be democratic, i heard it in fact from 45, so...

Home School, Best thing for your kids. They will not turn into Libtards?

They need internet. But, there is no way it should cost tax payer billions of dollars to get it to them...

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