Here’s where Horry Schools will send WiFi-equipped buses during coronavirus closure
Horry County Schools will begin rolling out nine buses equipped with WiFi Tuesday in an effort to provide internet access to all students during the closure caused by coronavirus.
The district announced the schedule for where and when those buses will be parked, one in each attendance area, as follows:
- Aynor: 8:30 a.m. - 10:00 a.m. - Rehoboth Methodist Church, Barnhill Rd.; 10:15 a.m. - 11:45 a.m. - Brown Swamp United Methodist Church; 12:30 p.m. - 2:00 p.m. - Hallie Martin Rd & Winter Rain Dr.; 2:15 p.m. - 3:45 p.m. - Lundy Shortcut and Molly Lane
- Carolina Forest: 8:30 a.m. - 10:00 a.m. - Food lion Parking Lot (Sit Near Fox’s Den Pizza); 10:15 a.m. - 11:45 a.m. - Legacy Apts. @ playground; 12:30 p.m. - 2:00 p.m. - W Perry Rd & Rockdale St (Church Parking Lot); 2:15 p.m. - 3:45 p.m. - Burcale Rd (Vacant Lot Just Past Countryside Dr.)
- Conway: 8:30 a.m. - 10:00 a.m. - Friendship Baptist Church, Grainger Rd. (Bayside Ave & Leonard Ave); 10:15 a.m. - 11:45 a.m. - Genesis Complex at 1201 Creel St, Conway, SC 29527; 12:30 p.m. - 2:00 p.m. - James R Frazier Community Center, Bucksport Rd.; 2:15 p.m. - 3:45 p.m. - Duckette Community Center
- Green Sea Floyds: 8:30 a.m. - 10:00 a.m. - Ware Drive & Hibiscus Drive; 10:15 a.m. - 11:45 a.m. - Hwy 19 & Barts Rd.; 12:30 p.m. - 2:00 p.m. - 3501 Hwy 917 Finklea Community Center; 2:15 p.m. - 3:45 p.m. - Harvest Baptist Church
- Loris: 8:30 a.m. - 10:00 a.m. - 541 Freemont Rd.; 10:15 a.m. - 11:45 a.m. - 756 Cedar Branch; 12:30 p.m. - 2:00 p.m. - FlagPatch Apostolic Holiness Church; 2:15 p.m. - 3:45 p.m. - 971 Bennett loop
- Myrtle Beach: 8:30 a.m. - 10:00 a.m. - Pelican Stadium; 10:15 a.m. - 11:45 a.m. - Hwy 15 @ Patrick; 12:30 p.m. - 2:00 p.m. - Mary C. Canty Recreation Center; 2:15 p.m. - 3:45 p.m. - 62nd Ave
- North Myrtle Beach: 8:30 a.m. - 10:00 a.m. - Frank Gore Rd. @ Ford Cir; 10:15 a.m. - 11:45 a.m. - Hwy 90@ Chesterfield church; 12:30 p.m. - 2:00 p.m. - Possum Trot Rd @ NMB Rec center; 2:15 p.m. - 3:45 p.m. - 30th Ave S. @ Atlantic Beach police station
- Socastee: 8:30 a.m. - 10:00 a.m. - Peachtree Rd. and Mill Pond Rd.; 10:15 a.m. - 11:45 a.m. - Forestbrook Dr. by the Club House; 12:30 p.m. - 2:00 p.m. - Ivystone Dr. and April Pine Dr.; 2:15 p.m. - 3:45 p.m. - Deerfield Plaza by Harbor Freight
- St. James: 8:30 a.m. - 10:00 a.m. - Lowes Food Shopping Center; 10:15 a.m. - 11:45 a.m. - Idlewood Dr. & Woodland Dr.; 12:30 p.m. - 2:00 p.m. - 5544 Green Bay Cir; 2:15 p.m. - 3:45 p.m. - Socastee Rec Park
Internet access has also been available during weekdays 7 a.m.-7 p.m. in HCS building parking lots.
HCS conducted a phone/email internet access survey of parents shortly after the COVID-19 closure was announced, but less than 40 percent of the nearly 104,000 surveyed responded, according to the results provided to The Sun News. Of the 37,757 responses the district received, 3,268, or 9 percent, stated they did not currently have internet services in their home.
Public schools in South Carolina have been closed since March 16, and the current order requires that closure until the end of April, though state officials have said they expect to announce a decision this week about whether or not that closure will be extended.
This story was originally published April 20, 2020 at 4:45 PM.
