LA Unified’s iPads pilot phase continues on bumpy road: schools back out, suffer technical glitches
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A student uses an iPad during class in Huntington Park.
The Los Angeles Unified School District is continuing to experience problems with its iPad project - with some schools opting out of the pilot phase and others experiencing Wi-Fi network problems.
All pilot schools were slated to receive their iPads by the end of the month, but deployment has hit several snags. Four schools have backed out of pilot phase saying they want to see more planning, said district spokeswoman Shanon Johnson. She would not release the names of the schools.
Other schools seeing delays and some students that have received the devices are
