Board Of Education Being Asked To Spend Tax Revenue On Computers

Oconee County School administrators will ask the county Board of Education on Monday to spend nearly $1 million to buy computer equipment as part of the system’s efforts to have one computer for every student in the schools.

Claire Buck, chief academic officer for the Oconee County School System, is recommending that the Board accept a $949,647 bid by Virtucom, of Norcross in Gwinnett County, to provide 3,100 computer and mobile devices.

The mobile devices will be available for secondary, middle and high school teachers before they leave for the summer, Buck said. Elementary school teachers got their mobile devices in the spring of last year, she said.

The School System plans to use Educational Special Purpose Local Option Sales Tax monies to pay for the equipment.

The Board of Education holds it regular meeting at 5 p.m. on Monday in the Superintendents Building at 34 School Street in Watkinsville.

For more on the story, with a video of the Board of Education work session on Monday, go to Oconee County Observations.

Pictured: Claire Buck at Board of Education.