To prepare for whatever distance learning challenges the COVID-19 pandemic may present to students and teachers this fall, the Elgin ISD school board approved the purchase of $1.7 million worth of tablets, laptops and mobile internet hotspots during their meeting on Monday, June 15.
The proposal is to purchase 1,000 mobile internet hotspots with unlimited data service through AT&T, 1,325 iPad tablets for all students from pre-kindergarten through second grade, and 1,000 Dell Chromebooks for students from third to fifth grade. Middle school and high school students already have school-issued devices. The iPads cost $537.20 each, the Chromebooks cost $379.56 each ...