{"id":"26110076817","number":"26110076817","name":"Gina Fredrick","source_name":"Gina Fredrick","organization":"","posted":"2026-09-16","received":"2026-09-16","body":"I am writing on behalf of Notre Dame de la Baie Academy, a private 9–12 high school in Green Bay, Wisconsin, to express our strong support for the continuation of E-Rate funding. Our school relies on E-Rate support to maintain essential internet access and our internal network throughout our school. In recent years, we have seen a rise in the number of students qualifying for free and reduced lunch. As our traditional fundraising capacity is limited, E-Rate funding is vital to enhancing our internal connectivity for our students and ensuring equal access to resources. Reliable, high-speed connectivity is essential for preparing our students for higher education and/or the workforce. Without E-Rate support, our limited operating budget would force us to delay critical network equipment upgrades, resulting in aging infrastructure. This would directly impact daily learning and teaching. Also, absorbing these connectivity costs would force us to make difficult cuts to other educational programs that we've spent so much time and energy to build. We implemented an A/V Studio class in the last 5 years where students are video streamed to our classrooms via Vimeo each morning with our daily announcements. The class allows our students to learn about media, on-air presence, directing, controls for video and sound as well as writing script. Without funding for our internet connectivity, this class would struggle or need to be revamped and the bandwidth to stream would likely be in jeopardy. On behalf of our students, faculty, and school community, I respectfully urge the FCC to maintain current E-Rate funding levels. This support remains essential to helping us provide a solid education for our students.","attachments":[],"attachment_names":[],"attachment_inventory":true,"withheld":false,"source":"https://www.fcc.gov/ecfs/filing/26110076817","filing_type":"COMMENT","proceedings":"WC 26-133\nET 13-84\nWC 21-93\nWC 21-455","capture_reviewed":true,"captured_at":"2026-09-29T11:19:43.702Z","supplied_classification":null,"tags":["school-connectivity","children-schools"],"source_hash":"c9effe8ee8ebd4b15eeccd2eaa9eb7bad0490c0e58b02e98974c93306b533ff1","slug":"school-connectivity-filing-26110076817","classification":{"id":"26110076817","body_sha256":"0b44b5f1e35014d3eecc3b32778109f89a0fef4cf3a9a8f4306d899d01f8f8f3","status":"text_matched","primary_topic":"school-connectivity","topics":[{"id":"school-connectivity","evidence":"I am writing on behalf of Notre Dame de la Baie Academy, a private 9–12 high school in Green Bay, Wisconsin, to express our strong support for the continuation of E-Rate funding."},{"id":"children-schools","evidence":"I am writing on behalf of Notre Dame de la Baie Academy, a private 9–12 high school in Green Bay, Wisconsin, to express our strong support for the continuation of E-Rate funding."}],"summary":"","method":"Local topic rules v1; exact supporting passages; not an AI or medical review","scope":"Captured filing text only. Attachment contents not examined."},"forum_topics":["school-connectivity","children-schools"],"primary_topic":"school-connectivity","forum_title":"I am writing on behalf of Notre Dame de la Baie Academy, a private 9–12 high school in Green Bay, Wiscons…"}