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School Buses Now Take Wireless Internet For A Ride
- 05-19-2010
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By Peter O'Dowd/NPR
Each school day, bus driver J.J. Johnson picks up his high school passengers outside a local fairground in southern Arizona. Thus begins the unique journey to Empire High School. The bus ride sweeps through the sparse high desert near Sonoita, a short drive from the U.S.-Mexico border. The Vail School District covers more than 400 square miles, and these students can easily spend more than 2 1/2 hours on a school bus every day. But since November, the high school students aboard the buses have enjoyed a distraction, or a study aid, depending on the moment: access to wireless Internet. (more...)
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