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Parent warns Pontiac fifth-grade portables lack phones, WiFi and smart boards on first days of school
Summary
A Pontiac Elementary parent told the Richland 2 board that fifth-grade students in portables lacked classroom phones, WiFi and installed interactive boards during the first days of school, saying work orders remained incomplete.
A parent and district employee told the Richland School District Two Board of Trustees on Aug. 12 that fifth-grade classrooms in portable units at Pontiac Elementary were missing classroom telephones, WiFi and installed Clear Touch interactive boards during the first days of the 2025–26 school year.
The speaker, identified in the meeting as Doctor Anna Parish, said school administrators had submitted work orders well in advance and that the missing classroom infrastructure left teachers and students without technology other classes were using.
Parish said the absence of…
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