Cradlepoint, a global brand in Cloud-delivered 4G LTE network solutions for distributed enterprises, has announced that Kanawha County Schools had chosen Cradlepoint to support in-vehicle connectivity for the county’s 158 school buses. Kanawha County Schools was the first West Virginia school district to provide students with WiFi on buses throughout the district.
According to a press release, the in-vehicle connectivity enabled Kanawha County students to complete homework assignments, access electronic textbooks, and utilise educational software from school-administered instructional Tablets during commutes to and from school and sporting events.
The Kanawha County school system had approximately 28,000 elementary, middle, and high school students in its district.
“Students can spend upwards of 45 minutes to an hour on the bus each day. Between extracurricular activities and responsibilities at home and work, often times these students are up late at night and in the early morning trying to complete their school assignments,” said Dr Ron Duerring, Superintendent at Kanawha County Schools. “With WiFi-enabled buses, we are providing our students with a controlled and monitored learning environment that gives them the flexibility to meet both their personal and academic commitments. We believe this is one more innovative and leading-edge way we are meeting the educational needs of our students.”
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