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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASESeptember 28, 2020?‘Connecting Kids’ Announces That The Family Support Center Has Processed Its 30,000th Call, Marking Significant Progress Toward Goal of Closing the Technology GapMore than 309,000?Students Identified Through the Roll Call with 98 Percent of CCSD Students Engaged in Distance Learning for the 2020-2021 School YearLas Vegas, NV?—‘Connecting Kids’, a statewide community coalition formed in partnership with The? Nevada COVID-19 Response, Relief and Recovery Task Force, The Elaine P. Wynn & Family Foundation, Communities In Schools Nevada, and The Public Education Foundation to ensure that all students across the state of Nevada have equal access to virtual learning for the 2020-2021 school year, announced today that it has processed its 30,000 call and has identified 309,773 students through CCSD’s roll call.Since the launch of the Family Support Center on August 11, 2020,?98 percent of CCSD students have been reached, 299,134 students have been connected or confirmed to have?internet and 302,745 students have been confirmed to have?a device or provided one by CCSD. However, there are still 6,252 students missing from the roll call, 10,639 students with an expressed need for?reliable internet connectivity and 7,028 students?with an expressed need for?a device.“We are inching toward our goal of ensuring that all students have equitable access to virtual learning but we still have a lot more work to do to identify every single student” says Elaine Wynn, President of the Nevada State Board of Education. “It is imperative that our community continue to work together to find the most vulnerable students and meet them where they are to ensure that every student with an expressed need for internet or a device receives the tools they need to participate and succeed in school."‘Connecting Kids’ continues to work in tandem with the Clark County School District, community organizations, and the Family Support Center to ensure that all students within the district have confirmed access to a device and reliable internet. To reach these families, volunteers on behalf of ‘Connecting Kids’ have been canvassing neighborhoods, dispatching field agents to knock on doors to reach students and making outbound calls to families who have not responded to CCSD’s roll call. Additionally, CCSD’s transportation department began hand-delivering devices and hot spots to families for whom transportation was a barrier.The Family Support Center, through innovative partnerships with Cox Communications, T-Mobile and Clark County School District, is continuing its efforts to connect every qualified CCSD student to the internet, subsidized by CCSD. The Family Support Center can be reached at 888-616-2476 and will have English and Spanish speaking operators available Monday – Saturday, 7:00 am – 6:00 pm until every student has access to virtual learning. It will continue to serve as the only place to get connected to subsidized internet for eligible families.For those interested in learning more, please visit .Media inquiries should be sent to mediainquiries@### ................
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