At Malcolm X Academy, a small elementary school on top of a hill in the Bayview, more than 90 percent of students qualify for a free or reduced-price lunch. The school is surrounded by housing projects, and the neighborhood has one of the highest rates of violence in The City.
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Every day for roughly 30 minutes, Litia Lelea sits in front of her home computer to practice English and math. Computers just like it were given to her and 21 other students at Malcolm X Academy in the Bayview in an effort to close the digital divide. The expectation is that Litia must complete at least 100 minutes of work each week in the district’s Educational Program for Gifted Youth, an online learning regimen. Her progress is tracked by her school and her parents.
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