UNION COUNTY, N.C. — At the beginning of the school year, superintendents estimated that at least 100,000 students lacked reliable internet access at home, according to information provided by the governor’s office.
Months later, families in the Charlotte area are still struggling with the issue.
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Tameeka Blackwell is a single mother in Union County with two children in school. The children learn in-person some days and remotely on other days.
After troubleshooting all year, she said she was finally able to get a reliable internet connection in her Monroe home on Monday.
She said cell reception and a lack of towers are an issue in her neighborhood.
“It’s been difficult, and I figure that they’re probably going to fail this year because it is hard to get WiFi down here,” she told Channel 9 education reporter Elsa Gillis.
>> Watch the video at the top of this page to learn more about this issue that’s impacting school districts across the state, and what government officials plan to do about it.
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