Dear Neighbor,

On Friday, June 11, 2021, at La Merced Intermediate School in Montebello, my district office team and I, in collaboration with the California Emerging Technology Fund (CETF) and State Senator Emeritus Martha Escutia, distributed 2,500 Chromebook laptops to four school districts: Montebello, Norwalk-La Mirada, El Rancho Unified School Districts, and South Whittier School District.

The Chromebooks also came with discounted or subsidized Internet service from Frontier Communications. I wanted to share with you the internet service provider information they gave our students as part of the greater effort to close the digital divide, and make internet access possible for a greater number of students. Please refer to the attached flyer which lists some of the service providers, who can also be found here.

I was proud to work with community and corporate partners to help equip students with devices to aid in their studies, as well as provide the internet capabilities to operate them at their homes. The CETF is a non-profit corporation providing leadership statewide and outreach support to close the digital divide by accelerating the deployment and adoption of broadband to unserved and underserved communities.

God bless,

Senator Bob Archuleta
Thirty-Second Senate District