For KERA News
Daija Showers, 15, is a virtual learner at Lincoln High School in South Dallas. She is among 50 students testing a new pilot program to provide free internet access to students in Dallas ISD.
A pilot program allowed 50 students who live within two miles of the school to tap into an extended WiFi network for free, providing a connection that works better than mobile hotspots.
The noisy renovations at the house next door aren’t getting in the way of 15-year-old Daija Showers’ schoolwork. Her eyes are glued to her laptop as she stares down her geometry work.
“It’s kind of hard, but I will get it … eventually,” she says. “I find school very important to me because of the road that I want to take.”