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Pullman proposes keeping middle‑school Chromebooks in classrooms and blocking YouTube by default
Summary
District IT staff told the board about high Chromebook damage rates at Lincoln Middle School and proposed shifting from student‑assigned 1:1 devices to classroom carts; the update also proposed blocking YouTube for student accounts by default using Linewize, with teacher exceptions.
Pullman Public Schools technology staff presented an update on device damage and network filtering and proposed several changes for middle‑school operations: revert from a student 1:1 Chromebook program to classroom‑assigned carts at Lincoln Middle School and implement a Linewize filter that would block YouTube by default for student accounts.
Why it matters: Device breakage is generating significant repair costs and operational burden; filtering changes would alter students’ access to YouTube and shift classroom device supervision and homework practices.
Device damage and costs Tyler Kraggy, district technology staff, reported that Lincoln Middle School produced 701 total support tickets, 394 related to Chromebooks and 99 for damaged…
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