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District tech committee recommends K–5 Chromebooks stay at school; board to consider multimillion‑dollar purchase next week
Summary
District staff summarized a yearlong review recommending a grade‑differentiated 1‑to‑1 Chromebook deployment (K–5 devices to remain at school by default, opt‑in for take‑home; 6th grade piloted at Southeast); staff also reported estimated procurement costs and logistics for the board to consider next week.
District technology staff and the district technology committee presented its recommended device strategy after a year of stakeholder meetings, surveys and focus groups, and told the Education Committee they will bring purchase requests and bids to the board next week.
Patrick Snyder, an elementary curriculum coordinator who led parts of the review, described a multi‑stakeholder process that used the U.S. Office of Educational Technology’s National EdTech Plan and the district’s Portrait of a Graduate to define “ideal learning experiences” before recommending devices. The committee prioritized learning design, student engagement, access and equity, and digital literacy as evaluation categories.
The recommendation presented to the committee was grade‑differentiated: Chromebooks remain the favored device…
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