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Niagara Falls district seeks board OK to lease 1,700 iPads for pre-K–2; pilot tested at 70 Ninth Street
Summary
Superintendent Mark Lohrey and the district technology team demonstrated Apple iPads and asked the Board to approve resolution 6.09 on Feb. 27 to lease about 1,700 devices for pre-K through second grade; the purchase would be BOCES-aidable and paid over three years.
Superintendent Mark Lohrey asked the Board of Education on Feb. 13 to approve resolution 6.09 on Feb. 27 to lease about 1,700 Apple devices for the district’s pre‑K through second‑grade classrooms, saying the current classroom computers "expired in December." If the board approves, Lohrey said the district would place the order the next day through Erie 1 BOCES and receive the devices in about six weeks.
The request follows a roughly year‑long pilot at 70 Ninth Street School and a half‑hour demonstration to the board by district technology staff and teachers. "This is about a million dollar purchase," Lohrey said, and the district plans to spread the cost across three years and keep devices for five years. He added the purchase is "BOCES aidable." Ed Maynard, the district’s elementary technology integrator who…
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