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Wausau School District board approves referendum-funded purchase of iPads for two middle schools
Summary
After hearing a multi-part presentation on pedagogy, accessibility and lifecycle costs, the board approved using 2022 referendum funds to buy iPads for two middle schools; presenters said staff support and professional development are in place and that device resale reduces net lifecycle cost.
The Wausau School District Board of Education voted March 9 to approve using funds from the district’s April 2022 referendum to buy iPads for its two middle schools following a presentation on instructional benefits, device lifecycle costs and staff readiness. The motion carried after brief board questions and no recorded roll-call tally was provided in the transcript.
Presenters told the board that teachers prompted the change to increase student engagement, collaboration and feedback, and that iPads support multimodal student work—audio, video and annotation—without third‑party…
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