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Students Get iPads, Chromebooks as Part of $1M Plan

The plan will give middle and high school students the technology in time for the 2013-14 school year.

When middle and high school students return to classes next fall, things will be operating a little bit differently.

That's because of a recent decision by the Port Washington-Saukville School Board to purchase Chromebook laptops and Apple iPads for all students 5th through 12th grade, according to an Ozaukee Press article. Fifth- through 7th-graders will received iPads while 8th- through 12th-graders will receive Chromebooks.

The technology plan will cost $1 million, and students will be able to take the products home with them β€” allowing for 24/7 learning, Superintendent Michael Weber said, according to the article. The addition will call for a roughly $50 increase in fees for students in those grades, though exactly how that will be added is not yet clear.

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In 2010, the district already purchased iPads and some netbooks for use in middle school classrooms experimenting with personalized teaching methods.


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