Bet this one is going to leave a mark before it is all over

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| MA High School Forces All Students To Buy MacBooks |
| from the at-least-it's-not-ipads dept. |
| posted by Soulskill on Friday June 11, @16:31 (Education) |
| https://apple.slashdot.org/story/10/06/11/1952230/MA-High-School-Forces-All-Students-To-Buy|
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An anonymous reader sends in this excerpt from the Salem News: "A new
program at Beverly High will equip every student with a new laptop
computer to prepare kids for a high-tech future. But there's a catch. The
money for the $900 Apple MacBooks [0]will come out of parents' pockets.
'You're kidding me,' parent Jenn Parisella said when she found out she'd
have to buy her sophomore daughter, Sky, a new computer. 'She has a
laptop. Why would I buy her another laptop?' Sky has a Dell. Come
September 2011, every student will need an Apple. They'll bring it to
class and use it for homework. Superintendent James Hayes sees the
technology as an essential move to prepare kids for the future. The
School Committee approved the move last year, and Hayes said he's getting
the news out now so families can prepare. 'We have one platform,' Hayes
said. 'And that's going to be the Mac.'"

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Links:
0. http://www.salemnews.com/local/x1910032546/In-Beverly-laptops-all-around-but-parents-have-to-pay

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