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Wednesday, December 4, 2013
City and school officials in Piedmont will work with an Internet service provider to discuss keeping wireless Internet available for students. The Anniston Star reports Tuesday’s Piedmont City Council meeting turned into a venue for public discussion about the future funding of the Internet service for local students.
Piedmont City Schools reportedly received a federal grant in 2010 to help establish wireless Internet service for free to students at home. Wetumpka-based Information Transportation Services agreed to pay the city $6,500 per month for 10 years to use city infrastructure for the service.
According to The Star, the city of Piedmont last year agreed to pay $6,250 per month for three years to help the school system supply wireless Internet. The city stopped making payments eight months later when a new council took office. If the school system cannot afford to pay for the Internet service, The Star reports ITS may stop making monthly payments to the city.
Council member Frank Cobb tells the newspaper that the technology is a school thing and the city “is not in the school business.” The council reportedly voted to hold a work session with representatives from the school and the Internet service provider, but no date has been set for that meeting.
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