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Manchester outlines Chromebook inventory, repair rates and a high-school device pilot
Summary
IT and district leaders told the board the district currently has more Chromebooks in inventory than enrolled students and outlined repair/asset-management practices, warranty-life extensions and a proposed pilot to issue individual Chromebooks to high-school students to solve study-hall access problems.
Steve Cross, director of information technology, told the Board of School Committee that the district's asset-management reports show more student Chromebooks on hand than current K—2 enrollment and that IT can track "devices syncing in Google" to confirm active use. Cross said the district excludes teacher devices from the student inventory count and that some schools use iPads (not included in the Chromebook counts).
Cross and administration explained the district is repairing 250 to 500 Chromebooks per month and currently has about 1,500 newer Chromebooks in inventory. Cross…
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