We have a surplus of spares this year due to decrease in grade 6/7 enrolments and there is no need to pull out a computer lab and replace it with a mobile lab in one of the elementary schools due to space needs. Because of this we plan on replacing teacher laptops at Bowes and Kearney for those who are currently using 7-8 year old macbooks with the 4 year old WWP spares. The surplus is very tight so any extra WWP laptops from students leaving the district must be returned immediately by schools.
This will be the last time we do a swap like this from the surplus or off lease WWP laptops for teachers at Bert Bowes and Dr. Kearney.
Over the next couple of years we will begin to put in desktop computers into each classroom at the middle schools and any WWP classroom where a desktop is currently not available. When that is complete we will only support the desktop computers in those rooms. At that time the unibody teacher macbooks will be set to end of life on our list and very limited support provided to them. Going forward and lacking any injection of new funds to Technology Services, desktop computers will be the most sustainable option for us.
We will provide a freshly imaged machine. If teachers can perform their own transfers of their files they can get them quickly. Your Local Area Network specialist will get in touch.
Timeline – October.