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posted by chromas on Saturday August 04 2018, @05:22PM   Printer-friendly
from the it-snow-fair! dept.

A school board in South Carolina has launched a pilot program to get rid of snow days and instead have students work from home when the weather turns treacherous. Beyond depriving schoolkids of the joys of weather-enforced truancy, the plan will exacerbate the region's digital divide for student who don't have internet access at home.

Anderson County School District Five will be the first region to participate in the pilot program this upcoming school year. In the past, Anderson County had makeup days tacked on to the end of the school year in lieu of days missed due to bad weather, but most kids ended up just skipping them, according to a local news report.

Students from grades 3 through 12 in the school board are already given Chromebooks to use at home, so in the event of a snow day or other inclement weather that causes a shutdown, kids will be expected to log on from home, communicate with teachers, and complete assignments.

Source: MotherBoard


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  • (Score: -1, Offtopic) by Anonymous Coward on Sunday August 05 2018, @08:53AM

    by Anonymous Coward on Sunday August 05 2018, @08:53AM (#717461)

    You're just not getting it, are you. The original guy had this down to an artform. You are a copycat. Not a very good one either. This sucked. Get up your game if you're going to try this.

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