| Laptops back in Westbrook, but at a price |
| Posted by: Susan Einhorn |
| Students in Westbrook will soon have access to laptops again, but not without being asked to take more responsibility for them first. The Westbrook School Committee voted at a meeting last week to change the student laptop policy to hold parents responsible for any missing or damaged laptops. From now on, according to the approved changes, any parents whose children take school-issued laptops home may purchase a protection plan from the district for the laptops for $60. Those who don’t risk getting a bill for repair or replacement costs. The district is in the third year of a five-year lease agreement with the state Department of Education. Last year alone, costs to fix or repair the 1,400 laptop computers leased to the middle and high schools cost the high school $47,000 and the middle school $8,800, according to figures provided by the district. |
| Source: American Journal (ME-USA) | Published: September 21st, 2011 |
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