TECH IMPACT

Christmas comes early to the Lowndes county school district.

Students received MacBooks and iPad for school use.

In monitor christmas comes early for lowndes county school district students.

State lawmakers approved the cares act funding, making more technology available for learning.

Wcbi's bobby martinez talks with educators and legislators on what this means for the district moving forward..

Help has arrived... sot - sam allison - superintendent - lowndes county school district..

"although this pandemic has brought a lot of challenges..

It has brought some positive stuff through the fact that our legislators were able to work together.."

Just over four point four million dollars was provided to the lowndes county school district through the cares act..

And with that money... superintendent sam allison says administrators were able to purchase apple devices for students..

Sot - sam allison - superintendent - lowndes county school district "well we were very fortunate that we were one to one district - but we were in dire need of new devices and the financial situation was you know, we were going to have to move towards that.

So it just came at a perfect time.

The need for devices was really shown during the virtual time at the end of last year."

Allison says these new devices will help with students success long term... sot - sam allison - superintendent - lowndes county school district "whether they're at school not at school they can send their assignments and their videos.

It's also a great preparation because colleges have been there for a while and being able to teach out students how to use their student management system, how to submit work online and how to communicate with your teachers online."

Those who played a major role in making this happen.

Were local representatives and senators like angela turner ford from district 16.

She says there are more issues that need to be addressed..

But this is a step in the right direction..

Sot - angela turner-ford- state senator - district 16 "a lot of issues are still in progress and being resolved.

But at least this is a start to make sure that we have good devices that are in place for the students and faculty."

Sot - charles younger - state senator - district 17 "it gives them and the teachers, a big advantage if they are staying at home, if they are not able to come to school, if they are in quarantine, these virtual devices gives them an opportunity to be able to learn from home."

Reporting in lowndes county bobby martinez wcbi news... student from kindergarten to fourth grade will receive new ipads..

And students from 5th to 12th will receive macbooks.