With the start of the school year going online-only, the Cobb County School District has added a way for parents to request devices for students who need them. 
Parents are asked to go to the ParentVUE portal and log in, then click the “Back to School Choice” from the menu bar on the left. From there click “Full Remote” then “My child does not have access to a device, and I am requesting one.”
The district’s special website, Cobb Learning Everywhere, is providing updated information on all aspects of the reopening.
Earlier this week the district received $8.1 million in CARES Act funding from the Cobb Board of Commissioners, which will be used to acquire and develop digital curriculum and related content for the existing Cobb Teaching and Learning System portal.
The funds won’t be spent on purchasing devices for students. When school campuses closed in March, the district worked with the Cobb Schools Foundation to provide devices for students who needed them.
At a commissioners work session Monday, Ragsdale said some of the Chrome Books that were provided were not claimed.
But critics of the reopening plans said adequate technology was not provided to students in need, and worried that they would fall further behind.
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