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I read the article Dispatches From the Front Lines #324  from the Weblogg-ed blog written by Will Richardson that talked about how difficult it is to get money for technology these days even harder to spend it accurately. In this blog it spoke of a school principle that finally got a good amount of money to spend on technology but could only buy laptops that were two-thousand dollars. Schools do not need two-thousand dollar laptops. They only need about one-thousand dollar laptops. Why do they have to spend twice as much as they need to? I cannot answer this question. I would like to receive an answer to this question. They good get twice as many laptops to accommodate twice as many people. With a school the size of 1,300 students it would be a lot better to get 100 laptops instead of 50 laptops. 

The city should not be able to tell a school the price they have to pay for technology. If a school has a low budget it should be able to purchase the technology the right price for the school. Every student should be introduced to and familiarized with technology. It wrong to take this privilege away from students because the state think a certain price is right for all schools. A school is like any business. Some are more well off then others and it depends on how many students and funding for the school to determine how much they can spend on technology and in other areas.

The state should not control the price that a item has to be to be purchased by a school. If a school gets funding they should be able to spend it the way they want. I is a shame that only half the students will be accommodated  because the state thinks the school needs to pay a certain price that is not necessary. I hope this changes so all students recieve the privilege of technology.