Heat impacts free device pick-ups

Heat impacts free device pick-ups

AVAILABLE THIS WEEK.HAPPENING TODAY.

THE BALTIMORECITY PUBLIC SCHOOL SYSTEM WILLBE HANDING OUT LAPTOPS AND HOTSPOT CONNECTIONS TO FAMILIESWHO NEED THEM, AS THEY GETREADY TO START THE SCHOOLYEAR, VIRTUALLY..

SOME PARENTSSAY THE SCHOOL DISTRICT DIDNOT DO ENOUGH TO PROTECTFAMILIES FROM THE DANGEROUSHEAT, WHILE THEY WAITED INTHAT LINE TO GET THATEQUIPMENT LAST WEEK..

WMA━2NEWSOUTSIDE CITY SCHOOLHEADQUARTERS ON NORTH AVENUE..MEGAN THEY CAN'T PREVENT THETRIPL━DIGIT HEAT INDEX..AGAIN TODAY..

BUT PARENTS SAYTHE BALTIMORE CITY SCHOOLDISTRICT STARTED GIVING OUTLAPTOPS, HOT SPOTS AND OTHERDEVICES THIS MONTH TWICE AWEEK& ON TUESDAYS ANDTHURSDAYS HERE AT SCHOOLHEADQUARTERS ON NORTH AVENUE.AND WHEN ERICA HAMLETT CAME BYHERE LAST THURSDAY& SHE SAIDSHE WAS VERY CONCERNED BY WHATSHE SAW.

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SHE RECORDED VIDEOOF THE LONG LINE OF PEOPLEWAITING OUTSIDE& IN THE HEAT&TO GET A DEVICE FOR THEIRCHILD.

THERE WAS A HEATADVISORY IN BALTIMORE THATDAY.

SHE SAID THERE WERE NOTENTS, NO WATER.

SHE ENDED UPGOING OUT AND BUYING THREECASES OF WATER TO HAND OUT TOPEOPLE.“You were requiringfamilies to stand outside inthe heat and you didnthat you should provide tentsor water for these people.

Youdidnbeforehand to let them knowexactly how this was going towork.

The flyer didnanything about standingoutside.

People were assumingthey were going to be comingin the building picking up thedevices and leaving” THERE ISANOTHER PICK UP HAPPENINGTODAY HERE AT CITY SCHOOLHEADQUARTERS ON NORTH AVENUEAND IT STARTS AT 10 ━M.

WEDID REACH OUT TO THE SCHOOLDISTRICT FOR A COMMENT ABOUTTHIS.

THEY SAID THEY ARELOOKING INTO WAYS TO GETTINGMORE FAMILIES INSIDE THEBUILDING AND OUT OF THE HEAT.THEY WILL HAVE WATERAVAILABLE& AND THEY ARELOOKING INTO WAYS TO PUT ASCREENING PROCESS IN PLACE TOSPEED UP THE WAIT TIMES.

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