Harford County Public Schools short 15,000 devices

In one week, Harford County Public Schools will start virtual learning for the fall semester, but some families are now scrambling to find a device for their child to use because of a shortage.

COUNTY, AND SOME PARENTS ARENOW SCRAMBLING TO FIND ADEVICE FOR THEIR CHILD TO USEFOR REMOTE LEARNING.

IT'S ALLBECAUSE OF A SHORTAGE THE*COUNT* IS HAVING.

WMAR 2NEWS ABBY ISAACS EXPLAINS THEIMPACT ON FAMILIES.LOOKLIVE- FAMILIES I SPOKE TOARE FRUSTRATED, BUTACKNOWLEDGE THERENOTHING THAT CAN BE DONE BUTADAPT.

THEY HOPE THE DELAYEDDEVICES ARRIVE SOON.

20-22TYLER MCKINNEY I donschool IT MAY BE YOUR TYPICALTHIRD GRADER RESPONSE..

BUT IFTYLER HAD TO PICK HIS FAVORITESUBJECT& ITTYLER Im mostly a jurasicworld kind of fan HEHARFORD COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLSYSTEM.

AND FRIDAY, THEY FOUNDOUT HE WOULD NOT BE GETTING ADEVICE FROM THE COUNTY TOSTART VIRTUAL LEARNING NEXTWEEK.

49-57 KATIE Youthe 11th hour, a week awayfrom the start of schoolstarting or less and they dropof bomb that they arento get it so gotta make thebest of it.

THE HARFORD COUNTYSUPERINTENDENT SAID THEY ARE15,000 DEVICES SHORT STARTINGTHE SCHOOL YEAR& MEANING THEYCAN ONLY DISTRIBUTE DEVICES TOSTUDENTS GRADES 4 AND UP WHODID NOT OPT OUT.

28-44 KATIEPERRY// HARFORD COUNTY PARENTHe definitely misses out on alot as it is.

Just not havingthat physical interaction.

Heson the spectrum.

So not havingwhat technically everybodyelse will have, puts him at adisadvantage yet again so itdefinitely frustrating.SUPERINTDENT SEAN BULSON SAIDTHEY ORDERED ENOUGH DEVICES INMAY BUT WITH DELAYS, THEYWONSTART OF SCHOOL.

1:28- 42 DR.Sean Bulson //Superintendent.Harford County Public Schools-- While we have sent theseappeals asking the communityto opt-out of accepting schoolsystem devices, it hasnyielded enough.

Wethe schools to come up withdevices, but theyand we cannot get enough ofthem in working condition.HEDEVICES WILL ARRIVE BY MID-OCTOBER SO IN THE MEANTIMEFAMILIES ARE LEFT TO ADAPT.2:54-3:02 NITYA// HARFORDCOUNTY PARENT - It is veryfrustrating at times becausewe have to divide everything.We are already taking care ofthe kids and now the device isgoing to be shared.

LOOKLIVE-FOR CHILDREN WHO CANPARTICIPATE IN ONLINELEARNING, THE COUNTY HASDEVELOPED ASYNCHRONOUSINSTRUCTION OPTIONS AND ANINFORMATIONAL VIDEO FORPARENTS.

WE HAVE A LINK TOTHAT ON OUR WEBSITE WMAR 2NEWS DOT COM.AS PARENTS IN HARFORD COUNTYLOOK FOR THE ITEMS TO MAKEVIRTUAL LEARNING SUCC