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Board pauses approval of Verizon/Digital Promise iPad program after branding and marketing debate
Summary
Staff described a two‑year Verizon Innovative Learning Schools partnership providing iPads, coaching and internet access to three middle schools, but the board declined to approve a requested waiver for branding on donated protective cases and tote bags pending further negotiation; commissioners proposed buying district cases if necessary.
The San Francisco Board of Education on Tuesday paused action on a proposed two‑year partnership with Digital Promise and Verizon that would place roughly 1‑to‑1 iPad devices in three middle schools and deliver professional learning, site‑based instructional technology coaches and research support.
Chief Technology Officer Melissa Dodd and Chief Academic Officer Brent Stevens told the board the Verizon Innovative Learning Schools program offers more than $3,000,000 in combined technology,…
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