<div>Hi Charmaine,</div><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Wed, Oct 20, 2010 at 9:41 AM, Taylor, Charmaine C <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:taylor.charmaine.c@edumail.vic.gov.au">taylor.charmaine.c@edumail.vic.gov.au</a>></span> wrote:<br>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Hi All,</p>
<p class="MsoNormal">We are using netbooks for year 7s in 2011 and are
considering allowing them to be taken home.</p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Does anyone have any advice or info about:</p>
<p><span>a.<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">
</span></span>Do you charge a fee eg $100 for netbook use out of
school hours</p></div></div></blockquote><div>Yes, our Year 7's pay a fee for their computers. Be a little careful if DER money has been used to purchase these machines as we have been told it is not appropriate within the guidelines of the program.</div>
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<p><span>b.<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">
</span></span>Do you have a contract for parents to sign agreeing to
pay for any damage? </p>
<p class="MsoNormal"> </p></div></div></blockquote><div><br></div><div>Definitely. Effectively it says;</div><div><br></div><div>If you break the screen it costs $XXX, if you pour liquid on the laptop it costs $XXX, etc so there are no surprises when accidents happen. We do offer insurance against this too. It also covers acceptable use, student responsibilities, incident reports, etc which both the parent and student sign. </div>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt">Kind
regards</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:18.0pt;font-family:"Blackadder ITC""> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:18.0pt;font-family:"Blackadder ITC"">Charmaine
Taylor</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span>Charmaine
Taylor</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span>Assistant
Principal</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span>Melton
Secondary College</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"> </p></div></div></blockquote></div><div><br></div>-- <br>Mark Pleasance<br>ICT Manager<br> <br>Sacred Heart College Geelong<br>Retreat Road, Newtown VIC 3220<br>(03) 52 214211<br>