No more books? Laptops replace textbooks at elementary school

Posted on February 25, 2015

By MARK VIOLA / Staff writer

This past summer, the Taylor County School District began a four-year plan to bring individual digital devices into local classrooms by purchasing laptops for students’ use in grades five, eight and nine.

The purchases were one of the major reasons given by Superintendent Paul Dyal for the need to renew a .25 mill critical needs property tax, which was narrowly approved by voters in November.

PHOTO: Fifth graders at Taylor County Elementary School are now utilizing individual laptops in their classes, part of the district’s digital classroom plan which is expected to expand to include all students K-12 over the course of the next four years. Shown above, students (from l to r) Michael Denson, Heaven Jay, Ashley Sellers and Kian Wheeler read an assignment on their laptops while teacher Marsha Taylor assists those with questions. 

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