School board will vote on computer initiative
By JERMAINE PIGEE jpigee@thehawkeye.com
At a meeting tonight, the Burlington School Board will vote to approve a 1 to 1 laptop initiative plan.
The initiative, allowing students to use laptop computers in the classroom, would be phased in during a six-year period. The initiative would start at Burlington High School and by year five, kindergarten through second-grade students could potentially have a device.
In the first year of the plan, between 10 and 12 Burlington High School teachers would participate. Those teachers would be issued computers and they would become master teachers as the initiative continues.
In other business, the board will decide how to market the Washington Elementary School property at the corner of Agency and Curran streets.
Earlier this year, Washington School was demolished, which signaled the end of a structure dating back to 1907.
There have been discussions about dividing the property for residential development, but nothing has been confirmed.
The Burlington School Board meets at 7 p.m. tonight at the administration building at 1429 West Ave. in Burlington.