Teacher delivers student letters saying Chromebook removal disrupted learning
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Summary
At the Jan. 5 subcommittee meeting, STRATS math and science lead teacher Kim Walls read student letters saying removal of classroom Chromebooks disrupted assignments, projects and state‑test preparation and asked the district to reconsider.
Kim Walls, a math and science lead teacher at STRATS, used the public‑comment period at the Jan. 5 finance subcommittee meeting to read a letter from a fifth‑grade student and to deliver additional student letters to the committee.
Walls told the committee the students returned to class after winter break to find classroom Chromebooks removed; the letters described students unable to complete assignments, projects and state‑test practice. One student, identified by Walls as Marcela, wrote that the change "has changed their classroom" and asked the committee to "please think about your actions." Walls said technology appears repeatedly in the district’s charter and that the letters were submitted in the context of the district’s current charter renewal.
Committee members thanked Walls for bringing student voices to the subcommittee. No formal action was taken during the public‑comment period; Walls left the letters with staff.
Next steps: staff acknowledged receipt of the letters and will include them in materials the committee and board review during charter‑renewal and technology discussions.
