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Hampton County IT director: thousands of school devices are at end of life; district estimates $1.6M refresh
Summary
The districtIT director reported multiple damaged and end-of-life student devices across schools and estimated a student-device refresh and related district laptop/desktop purchases at about $1,602,239; trustees were told the cost is not currently in this yearbudget and will be discussed during a capital-projects workshop.
Aosia Henson, the Hampton County School Districtdirector of information technology, told the board on April 21 that the district has dozens of damaged or end-of-life devices and is preparing to support state testing with loaner units while repairs and replacements are arranged. "We will have a device for every child," Henson said, describing a plan to stage 15–20 extra testing devices at each school during the testing window.
Henson presented a school-by-school inventory of…
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