Guest May Posted July 20, 2013 Report Share Posted July 20, 2013 Good day, I can contact all the schools that I have in mind but in the meantime if you can tell me what happens about the 1-1 laptop policy in Perth. In Brisbane my sons school has decided evens Yr8 will get the new Acer tablets so imagine the dismay when we return them at the end of the year. We pay $250 per year which one should consider includes insurance and support/ after the 5 years you arent given the option of keeping them...they get reformated and given to charities.What happens in high Schools in WA? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KalahariHarry Posted July 20, 2013 Report Share Posted July 20, 2013 Cant buy hi one cash that he can use for school and personal use? Of course he will get to keep it, as its his. Then insure it yourself and save the $250 per year. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AndreaL Posted July 20, 2013 Report Share Posted July 20, 2013 They wouldn't allow you to take one from home into the classroom for insurance purposes. Actually the laptop policy or Digital Education Revolution quietly ended on June 30 this year so I don't know what will happen in the future.http://deewr.gov.au/questions-national-secondary-school-computer-fundCurrently it is only years 9 to 12 that get the laptops, individual schools have extended this to year 8 but it is not government policy. When my daughter was in year 7 her primary school introduced a laptop program and we paid about the same............those laptops were wrecked in a couple of months. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest May Posted July 22, 2013 Report Share Posted July 22, 2013 Also they have to have all same specs.I saw an article for WA where the laptops were valued with software, etc $1300!!!!! and I have to 2 boys. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bluegill Posted July 24, 2013 Report Share Posted July 24, 2013 I had to pay for the insurance $150 for my daughters Apple laptop which the school provided & she has had for nearly 2 years now. I am led to believe we are able to buy the laptop when she leaves (this year). It is a private school, not too sure if that makes a difference? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Drought Posted July 30, 2013 Report Share Posted July 30, 2013 Depends on a few things: public or private school. Generally in private schools, the trend is towards student expected to have a laptop/iPad or something similar- no uniform policy. For public schools: it depends on the school, independent public schools make their own policy and more and more public schools are becoming independent public schools- So in short; it depends on the specific school. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest May Posted February 2, 2014 Report Share Posted February 2, 2014 Revisiting this in the event that some parents know something I don/t. In QLD we rented laptops from the school Y8 and Y9. In Perth Josh Y10 gets a laptop FREE not sure what that means. Well I should hope so because am I understanding correctly that at a State School I have to fork out nearly $1300 for a Macbook Air? I would never spend that kind of money on myself let alone a 13 year old and all at once!!!OMG.....can I get assistance or pay off although the form says ...paid in full. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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