Bristol Township middle schoolers should be receiving state-of-the-art Android tablets in the coming weeks.
On Monday night, school district officials said the delayed tablet roll out has been plagued with problems stemming from the tablets out-of-school security settings.
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Superintendent Dr. Samuel Lee said final testing of the out-of-school firewall for the more than 1,000 tablets that were donated by nonprofit Digital Promise through a partnership with the Verizon Foundation.
The tablets were intended to be distributed and in use by late fall, officials said previously.
Parents were able to purchase insurance for the tablets in the fall. District officials are currently working to find out if the plan is pro-rated.
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The students will be able to use the tablets during classes and are allowed take them home at the end of the day, Franklin D. Roosevelt Middle School Principal Kevin Boles told LevittownNow.com last year.
The tablets come with a free, 2-year-, 5-gigabyte Verizon Wireless data plan.
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Students and staff have been undergoing training on how to operate the tablets and incorporate them into their classroom activities. Ongoing professional development for teachers and instructional technology coaches are available to the middle schools.
“The district will use a two-phase distribution approach, which mandates students complete a rigorous digital citizenship curriculum before being issued a device,” a district press release said in summer.
Bristol Township is one of eight school systems nationwide selected to receive tablets through the Verizon Innovative Learning Schools program.
