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One-to-One Home: "More than 18 months ago School Board members of Kutztown Area School District began investigating the idea of a One-to-One laptop program for high school students. The study was prompted by the need to upgrade high school technology resources in the 1962 building and the 1976 addition.



In June of 2003, the then current board, although supportive of the student laptop concept, decided not to take action on the idea due to cost. Thus, in January 2004 when the budget process began for the 2004-2005 school year, the school board gathered data for the traditional technology option of upgrading the existing network infrastructure, replacing outdated lab, classroom, and teacher computers. When compared to the One-to-One program, the traditional option over a four-year implementation was initially less costly to the district. However, faced with the possibility of a high school renovation or new building in the coming years, the cost effectiveness of the traditional approach, with its associated wiring and upgraded network infrastructure, would be lost.



Thus, in the spring of 2004 when the district was presented with another proposal from Apple Computer for implementation of a high school One-to-One program, the Board compared the cost to the traditional technology option. This time the Apple proposal was significantly less costly than the one previously considered. When all financial factors were considered, the School Board chose the One-to-One laptop program for implementation at the high school."
- posted by Gp @ 12:19 PM