Meeting in a workshop session Monday night, the Mountain Home School Board approved a plan to allow this year’s senior class members to keep their school-issued Chromebooks after graduation by paying a $10 fee.
Mountain Home Public Schools Superintendent Dr. Jake Long describes the plan.
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According to the proposal from the district’s technology committee, the estimated value of the five-year-old Chromebooks is $10. After the fee is paid, the Chromebook will be decommissioned as a Mountain Home Public Schools’ device and will be the personal property of the students, who can use the machine in college or their post-graduate lives.
For those who do not elect to purchase the device and do not turn in the Chromebook, the machine will be locked for further use.
Dr. Long says he feels the machines have held up relatively well during their lifespan.
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The school board also heard an update from Modus Architectural on a new roof for the junior high school, received financial training from a representative of Stephens, Inc. from Little Rock and discussed academic planning.
Earlier Monday, members of the board and administration learned the rest of the school year will be conducted via AMI (Alternative Methods of Instruction) via a directive from Arkansas Governor Asa Hutchinson, in an attempt to prevent the spread of COVID-19.
Dr. Long says the school will need to make plans on what the rest of the semester will look like, as well as what changes might need to be made when students return to campus in August.
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