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Strategic Partnership between OTXWest and Oakland Unified School District Or “Why are we doing this?” Stopwaste.org Board Dec. 11, 2014

Digital Inequity Across the District Est. # of Students without % *LCFF Band Internet / Computer at Home 85% - 100% LCFF Band *Local Control Funding Factor (LCFF) is a poverty measure used in Approximately 50% of students at 10,661 California. LCFF is calculated as schools in this band do not have high speed internet or computers at home. students who classify for one or a combination of Free & Reduced Meal 50% - 84% LCFF Band Program, Foster or Homeless, and/or Eligible English Learners. LCFF Approximately 30% of students average for OUSD is 78%. at schools in this band do not have high speed internet or computers at home. **This equals nearly 40% of OUSD’s 35,000 students or ~ 11,000 families . 0% - 49% LCFF Band Approximately 1% of students at schools in this band do not have high speed internet or computers at home. 3,392 43 **Total: 14,097 OAKLAND UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT Slide 2

Digital Inequity District Map Available at: http://bit.ly/1qb7vha OAKLAND UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT Slide 3

1-to-1 Around the Clock OUSD supports a district-wide strategy to ensure that all students have equitable, supportable, and standardized access to good computers and high- speed Internet 24/7. The greatest gap in this strategy is at home time . After Home School School Where two problems have a common solution: “e-waste” and the digital divide OAKLAND UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT Slide 4

Digital Inclusion Solution -Affordable Broadband subscription. -Free home computer, monitor, peripherals, and a suite of software -Free digital literacy training. -1 year of free tech support (Extended by 6 months if digital literacy class is attended). - As a Microsoft Registered Refurbisher, we are able to put Windows 7 professional on any PC - Windows 7 works great, with memory and hardrive upgrades on very old computers - All of this is made possible by e-waste reuse OAKLAND UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT Slide 5

Digital Inclusion Solution -Affordable Broadband subscription. -Free home computer, monitor, peripherals, and a suite of software -Free digital literacy training. -1 year of free tech support (Extended by 6 months if digital literacy class is attended). - As a Microsoft Registered Refurbisher, we are able to put Windows 7 professional on any PC - Windows 7 works great, with memory and hardrive upgrades on very old computers - All of this is made possible by e-waste reuse OAKLAND UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT Slide 6

Low Cost High Speed Internet Options Comcast Internet Essentials •4G Mobile hotspot device: $39 •No contract T-Mobile 4G Mobile Hotspot •$10/month (1.2GB 4G download speed) (via basic-internet.com) •$20/month (3.2GB 4G download speed) OAKLAND UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT Slide 7

3 Ways to Receive an OTX West Computer Volunteer Be a NEW Broadband Subscriber Purchase OAKLAND UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT Slide 8

How Stopwaste.org has helped Since we began, we have refurbished and placed over 35,000 computers in Oakland schools, after school labs and homes. For the past 10 years, Stopwaste.org has supported us. During this time, we have refurbished over 400 tons of e-waste and recycled another 400 tons. More school districts are looking at “1-1 around the clock” as an alternative to “1 laptop per child” Oakland Technology Exchange West 1680 14th Street Oakland, CA 94607 510-893-4822 www.otxwest.org OAKLAND UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT Slide 9