Posted on 12/23/2021 9:43:27 AM PST by DUMBGRUNT
Officials said the move will give schools more access to devices and replace damaged laptops as a spike in cases — and a subsequent move to online classes for some classrooms — is anticipated in the new year.
Through this past July, CPS bought 100,110 laptops and tablets for a combined $31,846,853 to add to the district’s existing supply and help bridge that gap, according to district records.
... Lost or unreturned devices have also contributed to the need for more laptops, though officials didn’t say how many fell in that category.
(Excerpt) Read more at chicago.suntimes.com ...
CPS reading scores dip; barely 1 in 4 read at grade level https://chicago.suntimes.com/2016/10/31/18400726/cps-reading-scores-dip-barely-1-in-4-read-at-grade-level
Where are these laptops manufactured?
“ Lost or unreturned devices have also contributed to the need for more laptops, though officials didn’t say how many fell in that category.”
Most likely nearly all of them.
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Chromebooks ? The laptop that is making kids stupid
LOL. The entire pandemic will be over by the end of January.
—”Where are these laptops manufactured?”
A safe bet they are not assembled any near Chicago, Illinois.
Closer to the opposite side of the earth?
Chicagos antipode is near Australia...
https://www.geodatos.net/en/antipodes/united-states/chicago
Another Dim payola scheme.
At the expense of kids’ well being. 🥲
Thank God government money grows on trees
And there’s no end to government bureaucrat and public parasites willing to grab it when it falls to the ground.
Laptops are soooooo last decade. A solid tablet with a detachable keyboard and pencil is the now.
Reading this level of incompetence, waste and unaccountability makes you want to cry... or go postal.
By the time the Christmas break is over, we might be on our way down from the peak if we are seeing what is happening in South Africa applying to the States.
China?
Let’s just give our kids devices to allow stealth access from global interests collecting every possible status, feeling, location, or interest for future plundering. /s
Lost or unreturned devices
Euphemism for stolen
Remote learning… quarantines of healthy, asymptomatic students? This is the height of stupidity and IS COUNTERPRODUCTIVE!
Compare the end results to Chicago’s students with the end results to Florida’s students under Florida’s protocols. With a near certainty Florida’s students will score far better on achievement tests than Chicago’s students and Florida’s student population will be far closer to achieving herd immunity against COVID-19 illness.
For those who don’t remember, Florida’s schools are PREVENTED from involuntarily quarantining healthy students.
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/covid-19-florida-students-quarantine-school-mask-rules/
It ain’t about the medium, its about the CONTENT, of the material to be taught and learned!
re: “Through this past July, CPS bought 100,110 laptops and tablets for a combined $31,846,853 to add to the district’s existing supply and help bridge that gap, “
Gee, once upon a time (maybe not so early on either) it was thought TeeVee could deliver educational content to the home ...
Whatever happened to that idea, concept?
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PS. How many spare digital TV subchannels could 31 million dollars ‘rent’ in between infomercials for steak knives and exercise equipment?
Great idea! Buy Surface Pro or iPads for 250,000 kids! Apple and Microsoft will love you! 1100 or 1200 a pop.
Somewhere in Asia is the most likely answer.
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