NORTH CLACKAMAS SCHOOL DISTRICT
“ If we had talked two years ago about teachers teaching from home and students learning from home , it would have sounded absurd . It never would have happened . But here we are navigating our way through the pandemic with parents becoming teachers and teachers teaching , and being parents all at the same time ”
DERRICK BROWN EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF TECHNOLOGY ,
NCSD
“ Emergency funds from the FCC will provide us with a one-time payment for us to move this forward . But in terms of working with Insight Financial Services , they will help us work on sustainability . So in year three , we ' ll begin to evaluate a replacement plan and the district ' s needs . This will include looking at what new devices are available , evaluate the needs of teaching and learning and seek input from students and teachers , see the new technology available and look at our return rate for the existing equipment .
“ There ' s a fair market value for these devices , we may want to keep some at the end of the lifecycle or offer students a purchase option at graduation - there ’ s a lot of flexibility for us ,” said Brown .
Hotspots for virtual learning NCSD utilised its existing partnership with T-Mobile , and Project 10 Million , as well as
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