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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]This thread confuses me too. Based on the tech survey, we were led to believe that there would not be enough devices and, if it was possible, we should provide our own. We researched options, asked the school for suggestions, and made a decision based on best available information. I think the devices we got our kids will work well, but I am starting to second guess myself based on all the comments regarding what is and is not on the computer, tech help, etc. I thought we were helping the district by providing our own, but it sounds like no good deed goes unpunished.[/quote]

This.

Also, no one should have to feel they need to "help out" the school district by providing their own device. The district has plenty of money and can afford to provide students with devices. It is actually more equitable for all students to be using the same device anyway, and the district will wind up paying far less per device than parents are paying on their own because they are an institutional buyer.

Middle and even UMC parents who request devices are not "taking" devices from poor students, and the attitude that they are is absurd. By the same token should middle class parents be sending their children to mediocre parochial schools (since they cannot afford expensive private schools) to reserve the public school system for poor children? It makes no sense.

It's public school, not sliding-scale private school. Give the kids the devices they need in order to learn. This is very basic.[/quote]

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