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BCSS Families,
We hope that everyone is enjoying a safe and productive summer. Our staff has been hard at work preparing for another fantastic year in BCSS. We are especially excited about the opportunity to provide Chromebook devices for our students to enhance learning experiences across the district. As you can imagine, educational resources and content are increasingly available online and/or in a digital format. Additionally, our students have conveyed their preference for having devices available to them both at school and while away from campus.
Thus, students in grades three through twelve will receive personal learning devices soon after the start of the new school year. Students will be assigned a device that they will keep for the duration of their experience in elementary school, middle school, and high school.
Knowing that accidents do sometimes occur, it will be important for us to have an accidental damage protection plan in place. The Butts County School system will partner with families to offer accidental damage protection (ADP) for $25.00 which is due upon receiving the device and will cover the device for the duration of the time a student maintains possession of that specific Chromebook. If a device is in need of repair due to accidental damage, a loaner device will be issued to a student while the repair is in progress. The ADP fee represents a collaborative partnership between the school and families to encourage students to be careful and responsible stewards of this educational tool.
This is an exciting opportunity for our students and teachers to have this resource available for enriching the educational experience. This is an important and necessary step in preparing our students to achieve success in a world that is increasingly saturated with digital content and virtual opportunities. However, the computer can never replace the impact of highly skilled and caring professionals, mentors and family members. Instructional Technology or technology in general is just a tool, much like a book, or a microscope, or a protractor. Each of these tools can have limited impact unless accompanied by instruction and guidance from a highly qualified and caring teacher, mentor, or loved one. It’s important to remember that such tools can certainly enhance the delivery of instruction…but it should never replace it.
Again please be sure to peruse the information associated with this initiative by clicking on the links above.
We are convinced that with your support, this initiative will provide our educators and students significant access to the rich world of digital content and a powerful tool to enable students as they demonstrate mastery of learning.
As always, if you have any additional questions or concerns, please do not hesitate to contact your child’s school. We stand ready to assist. We thank you for your continued support of Butts County Schools.