Older Allamakee students to get laptops next year

WAUKON - Another Eastern Iowa school district has joined the 1:1 computer initiative program.

All seventh- through 12th-grade students in the Allamakee school district will be issued personal laptops for the 2011-2012 school year. All teachers in the school district will be issued the computers as well.

The district's participation in the 1:1 initiative was approved by the school board members at the March 1 meeting, but the district has been in the planning stages for this initiative for the past year.

The student laptops will be purchased using funds from the statewide 1 percent sales tax and the district's physical plant and equipment levy. Local taxes will not increase from the initiative.

For more information, including answers to frequently asked questions about the program, visit the Allamakee Community School District website.