Real Sprint Stories - W.e.e. learning bus

The W.E.E. Learning bus is a computer bus on wheels. It brings internet, computers, and conversation to parents and children, as both work on the needs they have academically. We just believe that the more that parents are connected to school, the better their kids will be. The learning bus, which operates under the W.E.E., Womens Endowing Enducation is a, it's just a tool to connect with parents, while kids can also receive some acedemic enrichment. The W.E.E. Bus, it's just a really unique school bus. This was a school bus that actually was in the fleet and was rotated out, and it was made into a computer lab. And so the computers inside are wirelessly connected to the internet which is provided by Sprint. And it's for those kids that might not have internet at home or computers at home and so when they roll up, it's quite attractive to kids because they haven't seen anything like it before. So it'll pull in and you'll all of a sudden hear some kids in my building holler "The W.E.E Bus is here! The W.E.E Bus is here! But yeah, they really love the W.E.E. Bus. I think it's a really good opportunity for them. The parents might be able to look at job search engines, how to create a resume. One tonight is working on General Education Diploma classes. And so these are just a few things that they can do while they're here in addition to the kids receiving that enrichment. A lot of adults don't get that continuing education, here i learn Spanish. I learned to speak a common conversation in Spanish just on the W.E.E. Bus. The internet is a lot, now days. The mobility peice from an internet standpoint is they're not using it while it's on the move. They're actually driving to different locations and parking the bus. And the mobility peice is key because you can't go to an apartment complex and jump on their WiFi necessarily, especially in the areas they're going. So they needed some sort of WiFi solution with a cellular backhaul. And we were able to do that and it really was simple. A cradlepoint router and a card, two of those and it has given plenty of connectivity for what their activities are. We believe as more time that parents are doing homework with the kids, we feel like that's pretty important. And so when a parent is sitting next to their child, and whether that parent is working on their GED, while the child is working on their homework, it just reinforces that education is important. And when the children sense this, that it's important to the parent, it's going to be important to them.