The district purchases new devices each year and distributes them to grades 1, 5, and 9.

Student keep their devices over the summer, so most students have a device already.

When possible, new devices are made available for pickup at the end of the summer. When this is possible, a notification is sent to parents with more information.

All new students will receive their devices within the first week of school.

Students in Kindergarten will have their device stored in a cart in their classroom.

Students in grades 1-12 will take the device and its charger home.

Yes, students may use their own devices. In order to participate in many class activities they will also need school issued network credentials.

During state testing, a testing device will be provided to any student that does not have a school issued device.

The district will not provide technical or financial support for hardware issues or damage to personal devices.

Students are expected to bring their fully charged device to school every single day.

If a student does not bring the device, the teacher may direct the student to do an alternate assignment.

If students charge the device fully before school each day, as they are expected to do, the battery will last throughout the entire day.

The use of technology in the classroom will be determined by the instructor, not the student.

Elementary School

• Classroom teachers will enter repair requests on behalf of students.

Middle School

• Students should visit the IT Services help desk in the Media Center.

High School

• Students should visit the IT Services help desk in Room 112.

Repairs for manufacturer defects are always free.

The district will cover the cost of the first occurrence of damage each school year.

• Parents will be responsible for subsequent repairs and malicious damage fees.

• Please note that the school year begins on July 1 and ends on June 30.

Chargers are not included in the first occurrence coverage.

• Chargers are replaced, not repaired.

• Parents will be responsible for a charger replacement fee.

Repeated damage offenders may have their take home privileges revoked at the discretion of the school administration.

Only labels affixed by district prior to providing the device to students are permitted.

• Labels, decals and stickers applied by the student may be treated as malicious damage.

Families with financial constraints might be exempt from repair/replacement obligations or eligible for payment plans.

• Each case will be considered separately by school administration.

Middle and High School students are provided with lockers to prevent theft.

• Students should not leave their device unattended.

• Students should not share their locker combination.

If the device is lost or stolen, parents are responsible for notifying the building principal and will be responsible for the replacement fee.

If the device charger is lost or stolen, parents will be responsible for the charger replacement fee.

A student reports that the trackpad on their device has stopped working. Upon investigation IT Services determined that it is a hardware issue with the device through no fault of the student. The device will be repaired under warranty for free. This repair will not count as the yearly free repair.

A student reports that they tripped while carrying their device and dropped it on the floor, shattering the screen.  This would be non-malicious damage.

• If this is the first repair of the school year, the device will be repaired at no charge.

• Otherwise, then no matter how damaged the device is from the fall, a device repair fee will be charged.

If a student brings a device in for repair that has 10 keys removed from the keyboard, this would likely be considered malicious damage. There is no reason for a student to remove keys from their device. There would be a malicious damage fee.

If for any reason a student cannot return a device, not even in pieces, then the device is considered lost or stolen and the parent will be charged the device replacement fee.

Cases or sleeves will not be provided by the district, but students are welcome to use one if they would like to.

Check out these links to Google’s Chromebook Support web pages:

• Get Started With Chromebooks

• Tour of Your Chromebook

• Connect Your Chromebook

• Personalize Your Chromebook

Here are instructions on connecting to a home network.

To print at home, your printer must be Cloud Print enabled. Here are instructions on connecting your home printer to Google Cloud Print.

Printing at school is available to Middle and High School students in the Media Centers.

Students are still able to do some of their schoolwork without an Internet connection by enabling offline docs, but many assignments and resources do require the Internet.

If you are interested in obtaining affordable Internet service at home, please check to see if you are eligible for Optimum Advantage Internet or Verizon’s Lifeline Program.

Devices will have their Internet access filtered as if they were on school premises.

The technology device provided by the district may record or collect information on a student’s activity or use of the device. The district will not use any of these electronic capabilities in a manner that would violate the privacy rights of the student or any individual residing with the student. The district may remotely activate a location tracking feature and/or the device’s camera should the device be reported stolen or missing.

Students are expected to follow the district’s Acceptable Use of Computer Network/Computers and Resources #2361 (policy/regulation) prior to receiving their devices and will be expected to use them responsibly.

Students will have access to the webcam on their device.

Faculty and staff will not have access to the webcam on student devices.

No, the district restricts what applications can be installed on student devices.

In the same way that they are now. Infractions of the Acceptable Use of Computer Network/Computers and Resources #2361 (policy/regulation) are considered a discipline violation and handled accordingly on a case by case basis.

Most tech-related behavior violations are equivalent to “traditional” classroom violations:

• Leaving your device at home is equivalent to leaving your textbook or school supplies at home.

• Cutting and pasting without citing sources or putting it into your own words is equivalent to plagiarism.

• Cyber-bullying is equivalent to bullying or harassment.

• Damaging or defacing the device or charger is equivalent to vandalism or property damage.

Go to http://www.montville.net/classlink and sign in with your child’s credentials. All district approved applications should be accessible in this portal.

We encourage all parents to know their child's account login information.

• Students in grades K-5 cannot change their passwords. Their password is displayed for you in Parent Access.

• Students in grades 6-12 are able to select their own passwords at any time, so please ask them for their password.

Students may only install extensions that are approved by the district.

Your school’s registrar will collect your student’s device from you.

If for some reason the device is collected from you by the registrar, please contact the school’s main office to make arrangements to return the device.

Please contact the IT Services Supervisor of Technical Services with questions regarding the School District Provided Technology Device program.