Somerset County educators say lack of internet causes proble

66 and 75 percent of county residents have no access to high speed internet. which — as education officials say – provides a lot challenges for students. the biggest hurdle may be with parcc testing – the state mandated assessment taken online during school hours. superintendent – doctor john gaddis says in places like deal island – sometimes the connection is so weak thathe test – or time out. gaddis says it’s unfair to the students – and the state may not have considered places like the eastern shore — or western maryland when they decided to go to an online test for the state assessment. 070643 they may think, they being the state and the people making these decisions that we can just flip a switch and we’ve got internet everywhere. it does not happen that way 070651 gaddis says in deal island — county commissioners are working with comcast to put a point to point tower up – to improve internet connection and speeds. but he calls that a bandaid solution for the bigger problem. he says the lack of internet connection also complicates sending students home with online assignments. in georgetown– the sussex county emergency operations center