A citywide campaign in Oakland raised $12.5 million to purchase computers and Wi-Fi hot spots to equip students for distance learning, but school began on Aug. 10 and many students did not have what they needed to join in virtually.
Officials said about 7,000 of Oakland Unified’s approximately 35,000 registered students lacked equipment and hot spots on the first day of school for a variety of reasons.
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