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Report: More than 100,000 low-income California college students lack internet access [calmatters.org]

 

By Julianna Domingo, Shehreen Karim, and Charlotte West, Cal Matters, October 8, 2020

Pierce College theater student Sonny Lira was in the middle of rehearsing a script when his phone overheated and shut off, abruptly cutting off his performance.

This wasn’t the first time technical difficulties interrupted Lira’s community college class. Since Wi-Fi wasn’t good enough at home, Lira often practiced his lines over Zoom in his car, situated in the middle of a Starbucks parking lot. The constant disruptions frustrated his director, who discussed finding a laptop for him.

“I’d have to run home to get an ice pack and recharge (my phone) if I wanted to attend class,” Lira said.

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