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Superintendent details Chromebook repair fees, says service and asset management drive costs
Summary
Superintendent Jackie Collins explained the authority’s Chromebook fee schedule to trustees, citing repair volumes, third‑party repair costs, a 4.95% MySchoolBucks service fee and that replacement charges are set to cover equipment, licensing and labor rather than generate profit.
At the Oct. 14 meeting the Cape Coral Charter School Authority Governing Board heard a detailed explanation from Superintendent Jackie Collins about Chromebook repair and replacement fees charged to families.
Collins said the authority purchases devices on a multi‑year cycle, piggybacks on a Lee County contract for device pricing, and retains devices longer than the county in some grades. "We have 3 sets of student devices... The charter school system tends to keep these Chromebook devices longer than Lee County does," she told trustees.
The superintendent said the district averages about 200 repairs per…
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