Hello out there, EP is ramping toward 1:1 Chromebooks in the next couple of years.  Questions for anyone who has done this already:
1.  Would anyone be willing to share their 1:1 policy and/or student use guidelines?

2.  What is the lifecycle planning schedule other districts are using for Chromebooks?  3, 4, 5 years?

3.  If you purchased cases or sleeves for your Chromebooks, any recommendation on where to buy them at a decent price?  We are going to need ~3000 of them

Thank you,
Ben Russell

Hi Ben,

You are welcome to take a look at our materials on the website. Its largely for parents, but explains the program. We are 1:1 windows laptop at PHS and 1:1 chromebook at PMS.

http://fosterponaganseths.ss11.sharpschool.com/cms/one.aspx?pageId=4338456

We had been refreshing every 3 years. It may depend if the students take them home. Our original device aged poorly. Motherboards failed the minute the 3 year warranty was up. We've switched now to an HP with Gorilla glass. So far so good but we're only a year in. HP does tend to be much harder to repair yourself because of how they are built. But they are generally holding up better.

We give the middle school students bags. Frankly doesn't seem to help, but better than nothing. Most damage for us is cracked screens and stepping on them. The admin team is working on it. But its always a challenge.

I would suggest taking a look at Go Guardian if you can afford it. Makes a huge difference in monitoring  the device and controlling for academic use. We've helped a lot of students who were researching scary things. 

Ann