By Emily McFarlan, Courier News
Nearly 18,000 students in Elgin School District U46 now can access the Internet for less than $10 a month, thanks to new Comcast’s Internet Essentials program. Internet Essentials aims to “close the digital divide” for low-income families with students in schools in Comcast’s greater Chicago region, the Internet/cable/phone service provider announced earlier this month. That includes all families whose children receive free lunches in the National School Lunch program in U46, as well as those in communities in surrounding school districts. “The Internet is a great equalizer and a life-changing technology,” said LeAnn Talbot, senior vice president of Comcast’s greater Chicago region. “Internet Essentials helps level the playing field for low-income families by connecting students online with their teachers and their school’s educational resources and by enabling parents to receive digital literacy training so they can apply for jobs online or use the Internet to learn more about health care and government services, and a host of other activities,” Talbot said.
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