[Discuss] OT: Kids needing computers

[Stephen Ronan]

Wow. That's very helpful to know... In regard to the family that 
called me, the child is in the METCO program and was specifically 
told that he's not eligible to get one of the chromebooks 
available via the program you allude to below. But that's 
very reassuring in respect to most other Boston kids.
   - Stephen
p.s. For others interested, to correct a typo I find the url is 
http://bostonpublicschools.org/laptop with an 's' after school 
and before .org

On Tue, 24 Mar 2020, John Boland wrote:

> i got a voicemail from bps last night about this subject. my youngest is
> still in high school n boston.
> if you go to bostonpublicschool.org/laptop they can hook up a student with
> a laptop. there's a link there about internet access also.
>
> HTH
>
> On Mon, Mar 23, 2020 at 10:19 AM Stephen Ronan <sronan at panix.com> wrote:
>
>>
>> I just got a call from a family in Dorchester with a kid whose
>> school has moved to online activities. They have Internet but no
>> computer for the kid to use...
>>
>> Any of y'all have unused, unwanted functioning computers that you
>> may wish to donate in such circumstances? If so I may be able to
>> find homes for some of 'em. I have some extra monitors, keyboards
>> and mice... And am able to install an OS, but don't have much in
>> the way of working CPUs.
>>
>> Also, it's worth keeping in mind that families eligible for
>> government assistance programs such as free or reduced price
>> school lunches, Medicaid or SNAP are eligible for $9.95/month
>> Internet via Comcast's Internet Essentials program:
>> https://internetessentials.org/
>>
>> - Stephen Ronan
>>    Roxbury, MA
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