The BYOD network has been undependable this year, with several days when it has not worked at all and even more with a slow connection and no access in some places.

The district said it is working to resolve issues as fast as it can, and it has hired someone to help get the job done.

“We have been experiencing intermittent issues and are aware of it,” district supervisor of technology Jennifer Stones said. “We have been working feverishly to remedy the situation. The IT department has hired an outside vendor to assist in fixing this issue.”

Another thing the district is working on with Wi-Fi is giving students the ability to check out internet hotspots to use at home. Right now, the school library has 10 hotspots it is loaning out for 10 days at a time.

“The first day that we had it in the announcements, we had five people come in and then five the next day,” library media specialist Charlotte Anderson said. “They’re really popular, and they seem to work pretty well.”

The library may have more hotspots soon to help even more students get the internet access they need at home.

“I asked actually last Friday if we would get more,” Anderson said. “That’s something that the district will have to purchase, but yeah, hopefully we will get some more soon.”