CASE Study
The mission of the Hershey Public School District, located in central Nebraska, is to provide a safe and futuristic learning environment that empowers students to develop into responsible citizens in a global society. This forward-thinking school district wanted to put notebook computers into the hands of every high school student and teacher. They turned to a trusted technology partner—GovConnection, a member of the PC Connection family of companies—to help them fulfill their specific IT needs for the initiative.
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THE RIGHT RATIO FOR SUCCESS
In 2007, Hershey Public School District launched a technology program called the 1:1 Learning Initiative. The focus of the program is to provide all of their high school students and faculty with Lenovo X131e notebooks with Windows 7 to use during the school year. Kort Smith, Network Administrator for Hershey Public School District, works with GovConnection each year to fulfi ll, maintain, and refresh their notebook inventory for the program. Smith said, “The 1:1 approach means ‘one notebook for one student.’ We decided to launch this initiative to better connect the staff with parents and students and to enhance learning.”
KEEPING IT FRESH
Smith joined Hershey Public School District at the implementation stage of the program and remains at the helm today. “After going through the planning process, which I believe took around a year, the district realized that they needed more staff to implement the 1:1 Learning Initiative,” said Smith. “They hired me during the summer so that I could manage and roll out this program to the students and teachers for the upcoming school year.”
The program is now in its seventh year. Smith commented, “We are in our third refresh, and we refresh every third year. On average, we deploy notebooks to 250 high school students and approximately 60 faculty members.”
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Hershey Public School District needed a partner that could off er the service and support to keep the 1:1 Learning Initiative rolling smoothly each year. They’ve partnered with GovConnection to requisition the notebooks since the very fi rst year of the initiative.
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