Thanks to the continued generous donations of a private donor, a brand-new shipment of Chromebooks was delivered to Lutie High School students earlier this month. According to the Ozark County Times, the laptops are part of a program dubbed the 1:1 Initiative, which provides every student at Lutie School, from kindergarten through 12th grade, with his or her own laptop or iPad.
This year, all students in sixth through 12th grade have their own laptop, and all students in kindergarten through fifth grade have their own iPad. iPads are also available for preschool instruction, but not on the 1-to-1 basis. Superintendent Scot Young says approximately 150 laptops and iPads are now being utilized at Lutie School.
The pricey initiative, now in its fourth year at Lutie, has been funded 100 percent by a single donor who has asked to be anonymous.
The donor has also provided the financial support for a wide variety of other programs at Lutie, including more than $4,000 in field trips last year, teacher grants for various classroom equipment, recognition gifts for teachers and employees, as well as financial backing for the Art Club and for the Family and Consumer Science (FACs) group. Most recently, the donor contributed $10,000 for playground equipment, soon to be delivered and installed at Lutie School.
One might presume someone who is making such a large impact in such a small school surely has a child or family member within the district, but Young says that isn’t the case. The donor lives out of state and had no connection at all to the Lutie School District when he first contacted Young to inquire about making a donation.
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