Updated 9/9/2013: The administration has run out of laptops. Tina Walker, the OHS technology specialist, said that more laptops "haven't been ordered." She estimated that "a lot" of students have not received laptops.
Laptop distribution started Thursday, August 29 and continued this week. Sophomores, juniors, and seniors in English classes were the first to get their laptops, followed by students in social studies and science. Freshmen began getting their laptops Thursday. Laptops are being distributed in the media center during the school day. The purpose of the 1:1 initiative is to modernize Orange County classrooms and instruction plans.
Will Okun, an OHS assistant principal, said that the administration’s goal is to be done with distribution by the end of the week. “[The staff is] trying to get them out as fast as we can.” He said that staff members are “checking over [the laptops]... [That’s] why it’s taking so long.” On Tuesday evening, the administration identified the remaining upperclassmen who paid for but did not receive laptops. Those students received their laptops Wednesday, and the administration moved on to the freshmen who paid for laptops.
Patrick Thompson, a technical support worker, estimated that distribution will be done by “next week if we’re lucky… [There’s] no way of telling [when we’ll be done].”
Jessica Byrd, a 15-year-old freshman, was happy to receive her laptop. “[It’s] cool… [I’ve] never had [my own laptop] before.”
Shea Mustian, the media specialist who runs the media center, has been checking out laptops to students using the library software. She said that laptop distribution is a “smooth but long process… [There has been] lots of excitement. I think it has been a smooth rollout.”
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