The Schaumburg, Illinois iBook program, which we noted in February, is kicking off this month with 1,735 laptops going to seven schools — another 1,735 will be distributed in spring and 1,735 more in fall 2004. “By fall 2004, each fourth- through sixth-grader in northwest suburban School District 54 will get an Apple iBook to use both in school and at home — about 5,200 computers total,” reports the Chicago Sun-Times.
Read MoreSchaumburg Township Elementary District 54 in Illinois is planning to give every student in grades four, five and six an Apple iBook to use during the school year, according to the Daily Herald. “The laptops will be phased in over the next three years. This fall, District 54 will provide laptops to about 1,700 students in seven of its 22 elementary schools. Another seven or eight elementary schools will receive laptops for their fourth-, fifth- and sixth graders beginning in the 2004-2005 school year.
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