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Fraser Board approves $1.37 million in instructional technology purchases, including K–2 iPads; parent objects
Summary
The Fraser Board of Education unanimously approved $1,369,102.98 in instructional-technology purchases from the 2023 bond program, including K–2 iPads and security cameras. A parent during public comment urged the district to rethink devices for young children and to restore letter grades at elementary levels.
The Fraser Board of Education on May 5 unanimously approved $1,369,102.98 in instructional-technology purchases drawn from the district’s 2023 bond program, a package that includes K–2 student iPads and districtwide security upgrades.
Trustee Katie Moco moved to approve the purchases, and Trustee Rebecca Jensen supported the motion. The board’s vote was recorded as unanimous. The motion lists line-item purchases as follows: K–2 student iPads from Apple ($573,867.00); district security cameras from People Driven Technology, Inc. and Infinite Technology, LLC ($418,741.60); staff iPads from Apple ($154,853.00); additional security cameras from Infinite Technology, LLC and Presidio ($114,923.74); staff PCs from People Driven Technology, Inc. ($42,844.95); classroom Apple PCs ($38,435.71); and classroom Dell PCs ($25,436.98).
Why it matters: the purchases are funded from the 2023 bond program and include devices for the district’s youngest students as well as infrastructure upgrades. Bond-funded technology can change classroom practice and carries multi-year costs for deployment, device management and support.
During the public-comment period, parent Molly Magnotte raised concerns specifically about the K–2 iPads approved in the motion. "She doesn’t feel the kids in K-2 need iPads when they need to learn how to hold a pencil," Magnotte said, and she also asked whether elementary schools will return to a letter-grading system and reinstate spelling words and tests. The minutes record that Magnotte posed these questions but do not show a formal response from the board in the meeting record.
Board members did not place any additional conditions or amendments on the purchase motion during the meeting. The item was presented as part of the consent/approval agenda for purchases drawn from the 2023 Bond Program; there was no separate recorded roll-call vote beyond the standard motion vote notation (Ayes: All; Nays: No).
The board moved into closed session later in the evening under provisions of the Open Meetings Act and returned to adjourn; the technology procurement was a public action taken in open session earlier in the meeting. The board’s approved minutes for May 5 note that these minutes were later approved at the May 19, 2025 regular meeting.
