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FLORENCE, Wis. The Florence County Board of Education has approved spending $7,880 in Common School Funds to replace 20 iPads.
The iPads will purchased from Apple Inc. because they offer the best price with the education discount, said Monica Chartier, the district’s director of technology.
The iPads will be placed in the library for student use but also will be used by 4-year-old kindergarten students when needed. The district in 2020 eliminated maintaining separate one-to-one devices for 4K.
In other business, the board: Learned the district is up four students from its September third Friday count. Enrollment is at 381, with total membership up from 465 students to 473 students, Superintendent Ben Niehaus said.