As virtual learning continues into a new school year, tech community partnerships are continuing to come together to fill gaps in digital access.

The Baltimore Robotics Center, in collaboration with Mt. Vernon-based software and cybersecurity services firm Nyla Technology Solutions, provided 64 Chromebooks to Collington Square Elementary/Middle School in East Baltimore in time for the start of online classes last week.

The Chromebooks were purchased from PCs for People, an organization that refurbishes devices and provides them to low income residents at little to no cost. The total may not seem like a lot, as an Abell Foundation report released in May found that 15,000 households in the city do not have a computer. But the nation is facing a Chromebook laptop shortage as the world continues to remote learning in the pandemic, so the ability to bring new devices into use is meaningful.

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