Grants help SCS move towards 1:1 with devices SIDNEY – Sidney City Schools, with the supportive planning of its technology partner, Vartek, has managed to leverage grant money to increase the number of individual learning devices within the district, pushing the district forward on the path to being 1:1, devices to students. “Through different grants we have been awarded, our district has managed to prioritize the purchase of technology to address the old, nearing end-of-life status of what we currently have,”said Brooke Gessler, director of Curriculum. Despite the ongoing challenges related to COVID-19, Sidney City Schools has found opportunities to develop new processes and procedures to improve workflow, increase communication with students and their families, and introduce new technology into the district to improve digital learning for both students and staff. The latter opportunity is one that perhaps stands to have the strongest and most lasting impact on the district as we move into future years.