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Board approves temporary shift to shared Chromebook carts at elementary schools to save nearly $900,000 next year
Summary
Trustees approved a plan to pause Chromebook purchases for a year and move elementary classrooms from 1:1 devices to shared 3:1 carts while keeping 1:1 at secondary schools; the district projects roughly $900,000 in savings next year and will re-evaluate fleet status in spring.
The Elko County School District Board voted April 7 to change its elementary device model from 1:1 student Chromebooks to shared classroom carts (roughly three students per device) for the coming school year, a move district leaders said will avoid roughly $900,000 in planned purchases and buy time to repair and reassign existing devices.
Superintendent Anderson and the district's new IT director, RJ, told the board the district currently holds about 12,000 devices and maintains a 15–20% spare pool at each site; given the inventory, warranty status and in-house repair…
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