Like many other areas, school district officials in North Kansas City, Missouri believe that netbooks will encourage students to complete classwork and homework. They're testing this theory by issuing netbooks to high school students.
The issuing of netbooks has already begun this week at Oak Park High School in North Kansas City and will ultimately expand to all Staley, Winnetonka, and North Kansas City high schools by Thanksgiving.
In total, 1,300 students will be receiving 10.5″ netbooks with Wi-Fi capabilities. The school district has already put firewall protection on these netbooks. Of course, the netbooks are not for students to keep. Parents will be liable for the full cost of the netbook if it gets damaged.
Normally the netbooks would cost $400 per unit but the school district has signed an agreement with Hewlett-Packard that brought the cost down to $300 per unit.
Via KMBC.
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