(La Porte, IN) - All La Porte Community School Corporation students without good internet service at home now have better access to Wi-Fi.

 

WiFi is available outside all schools in the La Porte School Corporation.  For example, the student parking lot at La Porte High School was recently connected and passed the test for reception.  Students can go to these hotspot sites to complete homework if they lack adequate service at home.

 

Superintendent Mark Francesconi said students have been informed exactly where to go outside the school buildings to access the WiFi signal.  The signal on the inside is now able to penetrate outside the buildings.    "There is a specific transmitter that is installed close to the locations where this is getting projected out and it connects into our current system on the inside and then basically increases the intensity of the signal so they can reach through the walls and outside," he said.

 

The WiFi was made possible by a grant to the school corporation from the city using a percentage of federal dollars received for needs in the community, officials said.   Francesconi said only students with school issued laptops with passwords can tap into the expanded WiFi coverage areas.