Back-to-School Time in McDowell County, W.Va., Means
Laptops, Community Schools, Expo
Every McDowell County middle-school student will receive a free laptop this fall, courtesy of West Virginia Gov. Earl Ray Tomblin, Connect2Compete, and the Reconnecting McDowell partnership.
The laptop distribution announced today is one of several new activities Reconnecting McDowell is unveiling as the 2013-14 school year begins.
“These laptops are a way of leveling the playing field so that students in rural Appalachia have many of the same advantages as students anywhere else in the country,” said Randi