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0 X( b' M. K! `( {) Z+ j) \ CBS News is chronicling what has changed in the lives of residents of some of the biggest bat stanley cup tleground states in 2020 amid the coronavirus pandemic.It s been six weeks since Rocky Hannah, Leon County Schools superintendent in North Florida, reopened schools after abruptly closing in the spring due to the coronavirus pandemic.The county allowed children to return to schools on August 31 in order to avoid potential financial penalties from Florida for not offering in-person options. Forty-four percent came back to in-person classrooms while 55% opted to start the school year remotely. There were a lot of our parents that needed to get back to work, that needed their children in school, and by us giving families those options, I think we absolutely did the right thing, said Hannah. When CBS News spoke with Hannah in July, the county had made an $11 million investment to purchase 32,500 laptops that his team intended to distribute to each of the district s 33,000 students before the school year started, in an effort to tackle the digital divide amid the pan stanley cup demic. Back orders delayed the arrival of the laptops, so the county ended up distributing 9,000 desktop computers to students who opted to work remotely. Students attending in person were given mobile devices for the classroom. This week the shipment of 32,500 laptops has finally begun to arr stanley cup ive and Hannah plans to run a pilot program with three schools, where they will distribu Wups Baylor University drops ban on homosexual acts from conduct rules F* z& Y. x0 i- H
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