Sprint 1Million Project to Provide Free Wireless Devices and Service to 10,000+ North Carolina High School Students
August 14 2017 - 10:19AM
Business Wire
Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools will receive
4,000 devices through multi-year initiative to help close the
“Homework Gap”
Michael Miess, Region President for Sprint (NYSE:S), and
Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools (CMS) Superintendent Clayton Wilcox
announced today that more than 4,000 CMS high school students will
receive free mobile devices and high-speed wireless internet
service from Sprint and the Sprint Foundation to help close the
“Homework Gap” in North Carolina. In addition to CMS, the program
will include eight public school districts across the state.
Through Sprint’s 1Million Project, beginning with the 2017-2018
school year, participating high students will receive either a free
smartphone, tablet, or hotspot device and 3GB of high-speed LTE
data per month for up to four years while they are in high school.
Unlimited data is available at 2G speeds if usage exceeds 3GB in a
month. Those who receive a smartphone can use it as a hotspot.
North Carolina will be one of 32 states for the nationwide
rollout beginning this fall which includes, 118 school districts,
over 1,300 districts and 180,000 students. In total, Sprint will
distribute more than 10,000 devices to school districts across
North Carolina, including:
- Charlotte-Mecklenburg Public Schools –
4,000 lines/students
- Guilford County Public Schools – 2,500
lines/students
- Winston-Salem Forsyth County Public
Schools – 1,400 lines/students
- Cumberland County Public Schools –
1,180 lines/students
- Buncombe County Public Schools – 700
lines/students
- Nash-Rocky Mount Public Schools – 638
lines/students
- Rockingham County Public Schools – 323
lines/students
- Pitt County Public School – 306
lines/students
Approximately 5 million U.S. families with school-aged children
do not have broadband access at home1, yet, at least 70 percent of
teachers assign homework that requires web access2. In CMS, reports
indicate that 70,000 students don’t have internet access3.
Anyone looking to support the program can visit
www.sprint.com/give1mp to make a cash donation via credit card4.
Used mobile devices can also be donated online or in Sprint stores.
Devices will be recycled or resold with net proceeds benefiting the
1Million Project. Visit www.sprint.com/1millionproject for more
information, and follow and support the program on social media by
using the hashtag #1MillionProject.
Quotes:
“Sprint believes that there should be no barriers to a child’s
potential,” said Michael Miess, Sprint’s President for the North
Carolina and South Carolina region. “We’re incredibly excited about
the impact our 1Million Project could have across the country and
in the Carolinas. The next tech guru is out there, and so is the
next groundbreaking scientist. It’s our mission to make sure
nothing stands in their way.”
“Education is all about providing our students the tools they
need to be successful, and Sprint’s generous donation significantly
advances that mission,” said CMS Superintendent Clayton Wilcox.
“This technology will help the learning process continue beyond the
classroom. CMS is excited to see what our students create and learn
with access to this state-of-the-art technology over their four
years in high school.”
“Access to the internet is essential for student success,” said
Congresswoman Adams. “I’m pleased to see this investment, which
will help improve the learning experiences for Charlotte high
school students inside and outside of the classroom and bridge the
digital divide, ensuring all students have equal educational
opportunities.”
About Sprint:
Sprint (NYSE: S) is a communications services company
that creates more and better ways to connect its customers to
the things they care about most. Sprint served 53.7 million
connections as of June 30, 2017 and is widely recognized for
developing, engineering and deploying innovative technologies,
including the first wireless 4G service from a national carrier in
the United States; leading no-contract brands including Virgin
Mobile USA, Boost Mobile, and Assurance Wireless; instant national
and international push-to-talk capabilities; and a global Tier 1
Internet backbone. Sprint has been named to the Dow Jones
Sustainability Index (DJSI) North America for the past five years.
You can learn more and visit Sprint at www.sprint.com or
www.facebook.com/sprint and www.twitter.com/sprint.
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1 Pew Research Center > goo.gl/EmpJj8 2 The New York
Times > goo.gl/5DacsH 3 WBTV > goo.gl/lacCgJ 4 Cash donations
for the 1Million Project are tax-deductible charitable
contributions to the Sprint Foundation. Device donations are not
tax deductible. Net proceeds from reselling/recycling donated
devices or $1 per device, whichever is greater, will be donated to
the program.
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