School Board Approves iPads for District Staff
The district will lease the iPads for three years at about $41,000 a year. There will be additional costs for purchasing software and for protective covers for the iPads.
The Northfield School Board on Monday unanimously approved a plan to lease iPads for all licensed staff and selected non-licensed staff starting with the 2012-13 school year. The district will lease the iPads for three years at about $41,000 per year. There will be additional costs for purchasing software and for protective covers for the iPads. It's the first big step for the Transformational Technology project, the brainchild of Superintendent Chris Richard and Matt Hillmann, district director of human resources and technology. They're considering putting an iPad—a cross between a smart phone and a laptop—in the hands of each of Northfield’s 3,900 students and most of its staff. The tablet would replace most items in a traditional …
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