WRAL’s Rosalia Fodera spoke with some Wake County parents who are upset their children still don’t have the technology needed for their online classes.
ALONG WITH THE LINKS YOU NEED ON WRAL.COM. >>> MORE THAN TWO WEEKS IN TO THE SCHOOL YEAR, SOME WAKE COUNTY STUDENTS ARE STILL TRYING TO LEARN WITHOUT ACCESS TO THE PROPER TECHNOLOGY. PARENTS SAY THEY ARE FINISHED WAITING. SHARING THEIR FRUSTRATIONS OVER WAITING AND THEN BEING TURNED AWAY. >> Reporter: LONG LINES, THE HEAT, FRUSTRATION ALL TO LEAVE WITHOUT THE PROMISED CHROMEBOOKS. >> THEY TOLD US IF WE WEREN’T IN THE BUILDING, WE WERE NOT GOING TO GET A DEVICE. NOW SCHOOL STARTED TWO AND A HALF WEEKS AGO. >> Reporter: PARENTS WAITED OUTSIDE APEX HIGH SCHOOL TO PICK UP DEVICES FOR THEIR CHILDREN’S ONLINE LEARNING. MANY WERE TOLD WEDNESDAY BETWEEN 9:00 AND 4:00 WAS THEIR DESIGNATED PICK-UP TIME LIKE CHRISTINE DUBUQUE. >> I TRIED THIS MORNING AT 9:00 AND THE LINE WAS WRAPPED AROUND THE BUILDING. >> Reporter: AT 3:30 SHE GOT IN, BUT GOT TURNED AWAY LEAVING WITHOUT HER CHROMEBOOK. CHRIS CLARK WAS TURNED AWAY TOO. >> AS SOON AS THE LAST PEOPLE WERE PROCESSED THAT HAD GOTTEN IN THE BUILDING AT 4:00, THEY PACKED UP AND LEFT. >> Reporter: THE STUDENTS ARE GOING ON THREE WEEKS WITHOUT A DEVICE. >> IT WORRIES HER, IT WORRIES ME THAT SHE’S NOT, THAT SHE IS NOT KEEPING UP. >> Reporter: PARENTS ARE ASKING FOR LONGER HOURS. A DISTRICT REPRESENTATIVE TO ANSWER THEIR QUESTIONS AND CLEAR COMMUNICATION. >> WITH 44,000 PEOPLE REQUESTING DEVICES, YOU WOULD THINK THEY WOULD HAVE EXTENDED HOURS. >> Reporter: CLARK, DUBUQUE, AND EVERYONE ELSE STILL IN LINE AFTER 4:00 WERE TOLD TO COME BACK FRIDAY. >> EVERYBODY IS HERE, WE NEED TO COME BACK, AND WHAT IF THE LINE IS LONG ON FRIDAY? >> Reporter: WAKE COUNTY SCHOOLS HAVE DISTRIBUTED 31,000 CHROMEBOOKS OUT OF 50,000 REQUESTS. >> THE LONG WAIT HAS COME AFTER THE DISTRICT CLOSED TWO OF THE
