A Google Drive outage has been resolved, but internet slowness as been reported today as more than two dozen Miami Valley districts return to the classroom.
Affected users of Google Drive received error messages during the outage, which was reported at 10:30 a.m. and resolved by 1:30 p.m., according to Google.
>> Dozens of Miami Valley schools resume classes today
Parents in several local communities have said their WiFi has been slow.
We’re checking with local districts and internet providers to find out if a system overload is causing slowness.
Over two dozen Miami Valley districts resumed classes today, many of which are online-only or a hybrid of in-class and online classes.
>> Online or in-class: What area school districts are doing
“ ... Several classrooms experienced technology-related issues," said Dayton Public Schools superintendent Dr. Elizabeth Lolli. “However, on the bright side, most classrooms in the elementary buildings and middle schools ran smoothly with the majority of the students in attendance. By the end of this week, the district will be up and running totally, as planned throughout the month of August, with glitches resolved.”
Reid Elementary School in the Clark-Shawnee Schools experienced their own outage this morning, the district said.
Tecumseh Superintendent Paula Crew said the district’s security filter went down along with other districts in Clark County Tuesday morning, causing an internet outage for about an hour.
However, some districts reported Tuesday went without any major issues.
Kettering City Schools said it had just one minor disruption that affected some students, in a first day school leaders said went well overall.
“As far as tech goes, with 7,600 kids and 500 teachers online, it went really smooth,” said Dan Von Handorf, Assistant Superintendent, Kettering City Schools.
Van Handorf added, the district spent the summer training teachers to improve online learning practices.
“We got a lot better. It’s a lot different than what happened in the spring,” he said. “A lot more relationship building a lot more direct instruction, direct talking to kids, we’ve gotten great feedback so far from the community on how things went (Tuesday).”
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