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Here’s when parents may pick up digital devices for Horry County Schools students

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Parents and guardians of Horry County Schools students may start picking up digital devices Wednesday for students to use while schools are closed to help prevent the spread of the coronavirus, or COVID-19.

Pick-up times begin Wednesday and last through Friday. Parents and guardians need to be present with their driver’s licenses or another form of identification, according to HCS.

Here are pick-up times for middle and high schools:

  • 7 a.m.-1 p.m. Wednesday, March 18
  • 3-6 p.m. Thursday, March 19
  • 8-11 a.m. Friday, March 20

There are different schedules depending on which elementary school your child attends.

The follow elementary schools have pick-up times 7 a.m.-1 p.m. Wednesday, March 18; 3-6 p.m. Thursday, March 19; and 8-11 a.m. Friday, March 20:

  • Aynor Elementary
  • Burgess Elementary
  • Conway Elementary
  • Carolina Forest Elementary
  • Daisy Elementary
  • Forestbrook Elementary
  • Homewood Elementary
  • Kingston Elementary
  • Loris Elementary
  • Lakewood Elementary
  • Ocean Bay Elementary
  • Waterway Elementary

The remaining elementary schools below will have pick up times from 3-6 p.m. Wednesday, March 18; 7 a.m.-1 p.m. Thursday, March 19; and 1-4 p.m. Friday, March 20:

  • Green Sea Floyds Elementary
  • Midland Elementary

  • Myrtle Beach Elementary

  • Ocean Drive Elementary

  • Palmetto Bays Elementary

  • Pee Dee Elementary

  • River Oaks Elementary

  • Riverside Elementary

  • South Conway Elementary

  • Socastee Elementary

  • Seaside Elementary

  • St. James Elementary

  • Waccamaw Elementary

For more information, visit https://www.horrycountyschools.net/Page/15212.

This story was originally published March 17, 2020 at 10:27 AM.

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