Sprint (NYSE: S) and the 1Million Project Foundation today announced new, significant investments to support Atlanta area high school students who lack home internet access and face unnecessary challenges to do their homework and reach their full potential. Doug Michelman, president of the 1Million Project Foundation, outlined a drastic expansion of the organizations’ efforts to give free devices and internet access to every eligible high schooler in the Atlanta Metro who do not have reliable broadband service at home. The program has expanded locally from two districts to seven, and nearly doubled the number of Atlanta area student participants to a total of nearly 20,000.
At an event hosted by Atlanta Public Schools at Benjamin E. Mays High School attended by superintendents representing four Atlanta area school districts, Michelman also offered details on the 1Million Project Foundation’s partnership with 100 Black Men of America to support the program by providing mentoring to participating high school students.
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