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LITCHFIELD-Litchfield High School students will be getting personal tablet computers as part of the district's one-to-one personal device program this January. The Board of Education agreed at the Dec. 18 meeting to approve a bid for 336 Dell tablets with detachable keyboards for students and an additional 28 tablets and keyboards for teachers.
The Finance, Faculties and Technology subcommittee looked at nine different computer options from companies such as Apple, HP and Lenovo. Some were for laptops, others for the sleeker and more expensive tablets. Ultimately, the board decided on a bid for Dell Venue 11 Pro tablets at the cost of $310,712 plus $15,000 for an accidental damage warranty.
Parents would have to pay a one-time fee of $43 for four years of accidental damage coverage, which the Board of Education plans to purchase on behalf of the student. This fee will be waived for seniors the first year, a cost that the BOE will absorb. These personal tablets will be used in class and brought home to be used on homework assignments. Students who do not pay the $43 would be able to use the laptops during school hours but not be able to bring them home.
The tablets have 10.8 inch screens, a stylus and 4G of memory at a cost of $732 each. They will operate on Windows 8. Dell's website listed the market value of these tablets at $1,060.84. The student keyboards will cost the district roughly $113 each. Dell lists the market value at $159.
Teachers, along with the tablets and keyboards will also receive docks to charge their devices. The docks will also connect to the smartboards at LHS.
Seventh and eighth graders at the high school have had personal devices for the past year and half. In the same vein, parents had to pay a $40 non-refundable insurance fee for those devices with the same caveat that those children that don't pay cannot bring their devices home.
The Board of Finance agreed to bond $420,000 for the next for years for these personal devices and 15 copiers.
LITCHFIELD-Litchfield High School students will be getting personal tablet computers as part of the district's one-to-one personal device program this January. The Board of Education agreed at the Dec. 18 meeting to approve a bid for 336 Dell tablets with detachable keyboards for students and an additional 28 tablets and keyboards for teachers.
The Finance, Faculties and Technology subcommittee looked at nine different computer options from companies such as Apple, HP and Lenovo. Some were for laptops, others for the sleeker and more expensive tablets. Ultimately, the board decided on a bid for Dell Venue 11 Pro tablets at the cost of $310,712 plus $15,000 for an accidental damage warranty.
Parents would have to pay a one-time fee of $43 for four years of accidental damage coverage, which the Board of Education plans to purchase on behalf of the student. This fee will be waived for seniors the first year, a cost that the BOE will absorb. These personal tablets will be used in class and brought home to be used on homework assignments. Students who do not pay the $43 would be able to use the laptops during school hours but not be able to bring them home.
The tablets have 10.8 inch screens, a stylus and 4G of memory at a cost of $732 each. They will operate on Windows 8. Dell's website listed the market value of these tablets at $1,060.84. The student keyboards will cost the district roughly $113 each. Dell lists the market value at $159.
Teachers, along with the tablets and keyboards will also receive docks to charge their devices. The docks will also connect to the smartboards at LHS.
Seventh and eighth graders at the high school have had personal devices for the past year and half. In the same vein, parents had to pay a $40 non-refundable insurance fee for those devices with the same caveat that those children that don't pay cannot bring their devices home.
The Board of Finance agreed to bond $420,000 for the next for years for these personal devices and 15 copiers.
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