1:1 parent meeting scheduled

 

Parents will learn the details of Cape Public School District's 1:1 laptop computer rollout at a meeting set for 4 p.m. to 5:30 p.m. today in the Richard D. Kinder Performance Hall on the Central High School campus.

The district ordered 1,300 ASUS devices -- about 1,200 for students and 100 for teachers for an estimated $520,000.

The first meeting was held Tuesday evening. Parents of students whose last names begin with the letters A to M will gather in Richard D. Kinder Performance Hall on the Central High School campus. Those whose last names begin with N to Z will assemble in the High School Commons, according to a news release issued Tuesday. 

Both groups will be provided the same information -- those in Kinder Hall will be introduced to the rationale of the 1:1 initiative and those in Commons will be introduced to the student device, how it works and how it can be used in daily instruction, both at school and at home. After the first session the two groups will exchange places.

Dr. Sherry Copeland, assistant superintendent for academic services, said in the release that high school teachers will receive their devices in the weeks before the December holiday vacation. High school students will receive their devices when they return from the holidays on Jan. 7, 2014. Lower grades will receive devices beginning in the 2014-15 school year, starting with the eighth grade, and moving throughout the district over time, the release said.

Pertinent address: 301 N. Clark Ave.