Henrico school officials to discuss laptop program, class sizes
Henrico County school officials will discuss possibly reducing some class sizes at a work session this afternoon.
Also at the afternoon session, board members will discuss the county's laptop initiative.
Henrico is in the final year of a four-year contract with Dell Computers to supply laptops to high school students. It plans to post a request for proposals by the beginning of next year and have a contract to replace them by the end of this school year.
The School Board also will have its regular meeting at 7 p.m.
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dklee, apparently you live in the west end of henrico. I don’t even live in Henrico and I take offense to your comment. There are alot of people in the area that feel that people in the west end are “stuck up”. Unfortunately, you just gave them justification to feel that way. It doesn’t matter where you live, we are all humans on this earth and we should not put people down because of where they live. I think you need to stop and reflect on your comment. After all, it is the Holiday season.
If they separated the west end from the east end, Henrico will have plenty of money to give every student 2 laptops. East end is a joke and an open wound for henrico. I say the west end should vote to form their own county.
Grab your wallets, Henrico. The fix is in. Layoffs, cutbacks and heartache all around but we just HAVE to give everybody a laptop. ‘Reducing some class sizes’ is a laugher too. When you are having trouble making ends meet rest easy knowing everyone has a new laptop in a smaller class. ‘Henrico school officials’ might need some remediation in compassion and common sense. WE CAN’T AFFORD THESE THINGS RIGHT NOW!
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