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IT warns Windows 11 requirement will force major device refresh; district requests $1.8M for 2,819 laptops and charging carts
Summary
District IT reported Microsoft’s Windows 11 compatibility deadline and recommended buying 2,819 new student laptops and 100 charging carts (estimated $1.8 million) and modifying the K–8 1:1 program to classroom sets to reduce losses and ensure testing capacity.
Hernando County Schools’ technology staff told the board the district must replace a large portion of its student device fleet because many machines cannot be upgraded to Windows 11 and Microsoft will end support for Windows 10 on Oct. 14, 2025.
Joe Amato, district technology director, said Microsoft requires hardware features (including TPM and a minimum processor generation) that many of the district’s student devices lack. Amato said the district’s student device fleet has an average age of about seven years and a background inventory identified thousands of machines that cannot be upgraded. He recommended the district purchase roughly 2,819 Windows‑11‑capable student laptops and about 100 mobile charging units for an estimated $1,830,662.50 to preserve testing and classroom instructional capacity and to meet Microsoft’s support timeline.
Amato described a…
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