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STUDENTS RECEIVE

NEW TOUCHSCREEN
1:1 DEVICES

The Division of IT typically refreshes end user hardware approximately every
five years to keep up with ever-changing technology and innovations. That
means it’s time to update 1:1 student Chromebooks and Career & Technical
Education (CTE) laptops that were purchased during the pandemic in 2020
and 2021. Due to the large volume, including almost 200,000 devices at
180+ schools, it is a multi-year project.

High school and alternative schools device delivery was completed during
Summer and early Fall 2025. Approximately 60,000 1:1 student Chromebooks
were purchased and delivered, ready for assignment to individual students in
August. The new Chromebooks are all touchscreen with 8 GB of RAM and 64
GB of storage, and they arrived with a protective cover with rubber bumpers
to reduce expensive break/fix costs. In addition to the 1:1 Chromebooks,
over 6,000 CTE laptops, divided into classroom sets, were purchased and
delivered to each high school and middle school that offers one or more
CTE course that requires a laptop. New Ergotron computer carts were also
provided, as needed, for secure storage and efficient charging of the new
CTE laptops.

The Project Team has now moved on to the elementary school portion of the
project. Overall, this project is quite challenging from a large volume logistics
standpoint, so a big Thank You! to all involved including our business
partners — Dell, HP, World Wide Technology, Phone & Pad Warehouse, ODP
Business Solutions, and Millennium Technology Group. Another big Thank
You! to all District staff involved including our Project Team and Principals,
APs, STSTs, and ITSAs from each school and the IT Technical Operations
Team at the McKesson Warehouse. The project would not be a success
without them all!
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