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INTRODUCTION / HISTORY / OVERVIEW. At the December 2012 USD 248 Board of Education meeting, Xxxxxx school board members approved the recommendation of new superintendent, Xxxxxx Xxxxx, to purchase 748 iPad Minis. Beginning in August 2013, all students in grades 5-12 will be issued an iPad Mini to be used throughout the school year. The student will have the option to take the iPad home each evening if their parent chooses to pay an annual technology fee. In grades K-4, each grade level will have one cart of iPad Minis. The recommendation by Xx. Xxxxx was based on approximately six months of research conducted by the Xxxxxx iPad Steering Committee. The committee, headed by Tech Director Xxxx Xxxxxx and Middle School Principal Xxxxx Xxxxxxxxx, visited schools currently using iPad devices, participated in Apple training and other workshops, and conducted pilot studies in each of the three buildings during the 2012-13 school year. After the iPad initiative was approved by the school board, the administration and steering committee turned the focus to providing quality staff development to teaching staff in order to prepare them for the August 2013 deployment. Additionally, the steering committee developed the following iPad Policies and Procedures Policy after reviewing policies from several current 1:1 schools. Our steering committee, teaching staff, and school board are very excited about this iPad Initiative and believe the integration of this technology into everyday teaching and learning will have a tremendous positive effect on student learning in our school district. Our 2nd cycle began in August 2016 with the purchase of new iPad Pro full-sized 32GB iPad devices with 9.7” screens. In August 2017, new 5th Generation full-sized iPad devices with 32GB and 9.7-inch screens were purchased for 5th grade students and K-4 carts. At the February 2018 and May 2018 USD 248 Board of Education meeting, Xxxxxx school board members approved the recommendation of superintendent, Xxxxxx Xxxxx, to purchase 810 6th Generation iPad devices. Beginning in August 2018, all students in grades K-12 will be issued an iPad to be used throughout the school year. The 5th - 12th grade students will have the option to take the iPad home each evening if their parents choose to pay an annual technology fee. In grades K-4, each grade level will be 1:1, with the iPad devices staying at school. In August 2019, grades K-5 iPad devices will be staying at school. The 6th-12th grade students will have the option to take the i...
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