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Tech director: device replacement costs doubled; district to weigh one‑to‑one strategy
Summary
Director of technology Paul Signs told the board that device unit costs have roughly doubled (reported increase from $400 to $800), raising the county’s replacement bill to about $800,000 for 1,000 devices; he urged a timely decision on whether to continue one‑to‑one devices for lower grades and flagged state filter‑contract changes.
Paul Signs, Preston County Schools’ director of technology, gave the board a detailed operational update on Jan. 12 and said the district’s plan to replace devices faces a sharp cost increase.
"My devices, which I'm planning on replacing a thousand devices this year, has doubled in cost from $400 a device to $800 a device," Signs said, and added that at current prices replacing 1,000 devices would cost about $800,000.
Signs reported roughly 1,800 work orders in the first half of the year, with about…
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