Friday, September 7, 2012

Google Fiber Update: A look at the schools that may not receive Google Fiber

By NICK SLOAN, NJSloan212@gmail.com

With over 50 Fiberhoods turned green in Kansas City, Kan., most of the schools in the city are in the clear to receive the Google Fiber high-speed Internet for free.

Some, however, are not.

Here are the schools within the Fiberhoods that have not met their goals:

- Melrose: Turner High School, Turner Elementary School and Oak Grove Elementary School. As of Midnight, Melrose was 18 registrations away from each the goal.

- Arrowhead: Arrowhead Middle School and Claude Huyck Elementary School. (122)

- Turner Diagonal: Turner Early Learning Center. (5)

- Armourdale: John Fiske Elementary School and Morse Early Childhood Center (16)

- Coronado: Coronado Middle School. (37)

- Community College: Kansas City Kansas Community College. (68)

- Sumner: Sumner Academy and Douglass Elementary School. (55)

- Banneker: Banneker Elementary School. (33)