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First lady Jill Biden to tour a Phoenix vaccination clinic
Biden and Second Gentleman will visit Valley middle school Wednesday for vaccine promotion event.
Posted at 7:24 PM, Jun 29, 2021
and last updated 2021-06-30 00:22:13-04
PHOENIX â First lady Jill Biden and Doug Emhoff, the husband of Vice President Kamala Harris, are scheduled to be in Phoenix on Wednesday to tour a middle school vaccination clinic.
The two were in Utah and Texas earlier this week as part of a Biden administration nationwide tour to celebrate the country s progress against COVID-19 although many U.S. states continue to experience lagging vaccination rates.
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Antonio Coronel, the father of a first grader at Moya Elementary in Phoenix, said his daughter had to miss the first three months of the school year because they didn t have reliable internet access for her to attend class virtually. We tried getting internet access on our own account, but at the end we weren t able to, he said in Spanish.
Through an internet initiative by the Isaac Elementary School District and Arizona State University, his daughter has been able to successfully connect to the internet and log in to class.
Schools across the state have been trying to provide internet access to students who otherwise would not have had it since the beginning of the pandemic.
The project hopes to shrink the digital divide and provide more internet access to those without it. Author: Rachel Cole Updated: 10:31 PM MST April 18, 2021
PHOENIX Thirty percent of America’s students in families that make under $50,000 dollars have broadband access at home.
The Isaac Elementary School district shares a similar off-set. Plus, more than 85 percent of its students are eligible for free and reduced lunch. But, help to keep them learning even off campus is here.
ASU and the Isaac School District in Phoenix, are launching a Digital Equity Pilot to connect the unconnected. Berto Perez, Director of Technology for the Isaac School District applauding the innovated project.