Schools
Plainfield Schools to Buy Laptops for Teachers
All teachers will be issued laptops next school year.
Last week, the Plainfield School Board voted to spend $3.85 million on new laptops, including computers for the district's nearly 2,000 teachers.
The district will buy a total of 3,245 laptops, some of which will be used as student computers.
The new tech could help teachers as the district continues to make changes to its website. By next school year, all District 202 teachers will have the ability to create their own personal websites.
The purchase is part of the district's existing lease agreement with Dell, according to board member Rod Westfall. The funding for the new laptops will come from lease payments as part of the 2015-18 operating budgets.
Plainfield School District does not currently provide a laptop for every student, but "that is something that could happen down the road," Westfall said.
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