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Central York committee reviews Apple iPad lease/purchase to replace high‑school laptops; committee forwards proposal to full board
Summary
District staff proposed replacing high‑school MacBook Airs with iPad 11 devices for multiple grades using an Apple financing agreement; staff said the deal would eliminate a pending $740,000 laptop obligation by applying a $420,000 buyback and spread payments over four years, and the committee agreed to forward the item to the board for approval.
Central York School District staff presented a proposal to move from MacBook Air student laptops to iPad 11 devices for selected grades, using an Apple financing arrangement that staff said would be paid from the district’s current technology budget and would produce near‑term budget savings.
The proposal matters because the district has two remaining payments on the current MacBook Air fleet and reported high annual repair costs; staff said the Apple agreement would restructure device payments, add AppleCare support, and reduce projected repair spending.
A staff presenter summarized the technology case and the financing terms. The presenter said the district still faces two remaining laptop payments totaling about $740,000 over the next two years and that Apple had offered a “take‑all” buyback that staff negotiated to a locked amount of $420,000. The presenter said the buyback proceeds and the new Apple financing would be folded into a four‑year payment plan: an estimated $450,141 in payments across the first two years and…
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