Apple care is part of this purchase just in general. There is some really great reasoning for that. It really does provide a turnaround of a device much faster than what we are currently experiencing with repair right now and so it also then allows us to actually keep a fewer amount of devices and so we can move down to basically almost just about 5% of extra devices to be able to have to keep on hand to use as least devices when students have a device mishap we'll say and so we'll be working through that process, be talking about what that could look like in the future and developing some of that. You know it also kind of changes the look when we talk about the bring your own device we knew that was on its way out and so we knew that we also had to make sure that any device when I go back to CHS MacBooks but that would be across the board with devices not being able to be on campus any longer we're working on that and so we had to make sure that the devices that were on campus and available to students met every need and so that was a major component in the study infrastructure. We've been doing a lot of this work. This is not work that we could have waited on.

AI is something that's really big for us we have about two years ago we developed some temporary sort of guidance around AI and haven't done a lot with it since and our teachers are asking for more help with that both from a teaching standpoint of how teachers use AI but then also from a standpoint of what is happening with students within classrooms and then if we make this move one of the things we think is important is to really explore the idea of a learning management system because we have a way of being able to manage things with students that also can lead into where they're going because the majority of them are going to college where learning management systems are a good part of that. So the device and the management component of this just a couple of things that we're thinking through right now. Number one is the need for MacBook still to be available. We have always maintained this. We have always maintained kind of like an additional fleet that has been available when certain needs arise. We have it.

We have always maintained kind of like an additional fleet that has been available when certain needs arise. We have it. We do feel like there will be need for MacBooks across our high school and so we have already kind of begun the process of really allocating resources to be able to fulfill that need and to be able to provide students when needed whether that's if they're doing work in Adobe or there are certain science courses or physics courses that may need those components that are only available on a MacBook that they would be available and so we have already kind of started that process and what that looks like. The cycle itself we've been working through as far as the management specifics are concerned. Google really does remain as a mainstay within the district. It doesn't change. One of the main comments that we got when going around to the schools and talking to staff was is it going to change the fact that that is still going to be a component of what we do and what we have within the district so Google actually remains the same as far as that's concerned. You know the repair and components like that we'll be working through as well. Apple care is part of this purchase just in general. There is some really great reasoning for that.

We've been doing a lot of this work. This is not work that we could have waited on. We have to do this pretty early on in the process to be able to make sure we're ready for any type of device deployment to this magnitude because we're talking about an entire cycle here changeover and so we've been doing this work working on filtering, making sure that that is a reality, that is going to be a working reality. The best thing to be working on right now we have felt like is let's just make sure that when these devices were to launch day one that they work exactly as we intended and so a lot of thought gets put into that, a lot of work on behalf of our teams in moving forward should this be the direction that we go. So what questions do you have for us? Why don't I start with Ben because he's on the committee. And he could shed some light on some of this work. Absolutely. And ask questions. Well, and thank you because I feel like I got quite a few of my questions already somewhat addressed at least. Thank you for that. It has been a really great, great privilege to be on this committee so thank you. Thank you for having me I guess I would say.

It has been a really great, great privilege to be on this committee so thank you. Thank you for having me I guess I would say. You know just to experience because again I have some background similar to Luke in terms of being IT in school so it's just great to be back and hearing like learning from specialists, technology specialists of which we have some great ones and then also some of Luke's staff and all the teachers. It's just you know it shows you just how complex actually everything really is at the end of the day. So I guess there's a couple things I want to make a couple statements. You know the Chromebook is really what's called a cloud device. It really is dependent upon connectivity. It can't do much without it. And so you know in terms of it's really kind of night and day between an iPad and a Chromebook. Chromebooks have their place. They have especially because they've been traditionally inexpensive and easy to manage and also my sense is that coming out of COVID there was a lot of rush into it because we needed devices and we needed them quickly and be able to manage them wherever they go so I think just to understand that like an iPad can function independently of a network especially in a very intentional way with apps that can run independent of having any connection to the internet for example.