‘Slow’s Better Than Never’: Classes Begin Tomorrow For Pittsburgh Public Schools Seniors – CBS Pittsburgh

It’s taken some time, but online classes will begin tomorrow for Pittsburgh’s Public Schools.

Seniors without computers at home picked up laptops today to begin what the district calls a soft roll out of online instruction. Other grade levels will get theirs over the coming days.

While suburban district are now weeks into online classes, about half of the district, 23,000 students, lack the necessary at-home technology. To catch up, the district recently bought about 5,000 laptops for lending but are still short another 7,000. Students without will be given instructional packets to complete.

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Source: ‘Slow’s Better Than Never’: Classes Begin Tomorrow For Pittsburgh Public Schools Seniors – CBS Pittsburgh