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Clayton board approves district‑issued Apple devices; staff to write age‑appropriate guidance and implementation plan
Summary
After a months‑long technology study and extensive Q&A, the board authorized an approximately $1.65 million purchase of Apple devices (iPads for lower grades and iPad Air for high school) with three‑year financing and directed staff to develop professional learning, age‑appropriate use guidelines and parent communication.
The Clayton Board of Education voted to approve a district purchase of Apple student and staff devices and to authorize financing for the proposed device fleet after a prolonged presentation and questions about classroom use, equity and safety.
District staff described a first‑year technology self‑study that engaged roughly 40 committee members—teachers, coordinators, administrators and students—plus additional input from parents and a teaching and learning advisory council. The committee concluded Chromebooks were increasingly limiting for classroom…
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