Beginning next year, 2018/19 all students in grades 6-10 will be issued PUSD chromebooks for use at school and at home. This plan follows along with the Tech for All initiative that began in PUSD middle Schools in 2015. It is our expectation that students care for their devices and bring them to school daily as they would a pencil. This will allow for students to regularly use digital components of new curriculum, digitally organize themselves and complete online homework while not at school.
As the implementation continues in subsequent years, students can expect to receive a device in 6th grade and another in 9th grade. Old chromebooks that are collected will be redistributed in 4th and 5th grade classrooms in order to reach a 3:1 device ratio.
Part of those shifts require that students be good digital citizens and practice safe and appropriate online behavior that leaves behind a positive digital footprint.