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Lancaster ISD presents plan to replace student devices with iPads under four‑year lease; district outlines costs and repurposing plan
Summary
District staff proposed a multi‑year device refresh favoring Apple iPads with keyboards for a 4‑year lease covering roughly 2,200 student devices, estimating annual payments of about $282,000–$295,000 and a total not to exceed approximately $1.3 million; plan includes AppleCare, Jamf management and repurposing older Chromebooks.
Lancaster Independent School District staff on May 14 presented a proposed five‑year student device refresh that would move many secondary students from Chromebooks to Apple iPads with keyboards under a four‑year lease-to-own plan.
Presenters said an initial order would cover about 2,200 devices. District staff discussed quotes and warranties: sample vendor pricing for an iPad with keyboard and four years of AppleCare and management licenses ranged in their examples to a total device cost that would produce annual…
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