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District weighs using technology bond to buy 120 teacher laptops, consider alternatives
Summary
The Finance/Building & Grounds Committee reviewed a plan to buy 120 new teacher laptops under a technology bond; the bond budget is roughly $142,000 with about $86,000 currently quoted, prompting discussion of doc stations, monitors, or carrying funds into Curriculum or using the sinking fund.
Chase, of the district’s I.T. Department, told the Board of Education Finance/Building & Grounds Committee that the district needs to purchase 120 new laptops for teachers to maintain updated software and spyware.
The committee reviewed budget figures: the technology bond is roughly $142,000, and current quotes would have expended about $86,000. Members discussed options including purchasing approximately 135 document stations, buying new monitors, carrying excess bond funds into the Curriculum budget, or tapping the sinking fund for technology purchases. No final decision or formal motion was recorded in the minutes.
