Austin ISD deploys wifi-equipped buses for students in need during coronavirus pandemic

Heather Osbourne:

Austin school district officials on Friday deployed more than 100 WiFi-equipped buses to apartments and neighborhoods across Austin to help students with online learning during the coronavirus pandemic.

Officials on Friday said the 110 buses were funded by a $600,000 grant through Kajeet, a wireless provider operating on the Verizon and Sprint LTE wireless networks.

The buses were placed in areas of Travis County where students have no internet access, officials said. A total of 500 buses were equipped with routers through the grant, according to the district.

Students who live at the locations listed below can access the free WiFi on their school computers weekdays from 8 a.m. until 2 p.m., officials said.