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Superintendent outlines Chromebook repair costs, asset rules and replacement fees
Summary
Superintendent Jackie Collins described device-management practices, repair volumes, how replacement fees are calculated and why parents sometimes pay through MySchoolBucks, reducing net recovery for the charter system.
Superintendent Jackie Collins told the Oasis Charter School Governing Board on Oct. 14 that the charter system tracks device repairs closely and charges families to recoup repair and replacement costs, but that service fees on third-party payment platforms reduce net receipts to the schools.
Collins said the charter system operates on an asset cycle of about four years at secondary grades and five years at the elementary level and that the district piggybacks on Lee County purchasing contracts. “We have 3 sets of student devices… we buy them in a series,” Collins said, adding that warranty expiration dates differ by model series.
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