At Duncan Middle School, all students are getting new Chromebooks this year, which are replacing the ones they’ve used for the last few years.
Avery Ponocheo, a student at Duncan Middle School, is one of the students already using the brand new Chromebook. The Chromebooks are issued once students pay their $20 rental fee.
“I feel that the new Chromebooks aren’t such a big difference from the old ones,” Ponocheo said.
He said he didn’t think the new Chromebooks would make a big impact on his education because of their similarity to the outdated versions, but the new computers have some differences from the old ones.
He said his favorite part of the new Chromebooks is that the hinge, which was notoriously an issue with the last Chromebooks, isn’t always coming off on the new ones since the new Chromebooks have two well-attahced hinges.
“I think the new cases are better than the last cases because they are sleek and cleaner,” Ponocheo said. “This year, some people might now take better care than the last Chromebooks.”
Colton Hackworth, a seventh-grade student, said he’s happy with the new Chromebooks.
“I think the chromebooks we have now are better than the last ones we had,” Hackworth said.
For him, the new Chromebooks are an upgrade from what the students previously had. He said it is important for students to take care of their Chromebooks so they will last.
“They’re easier to work on,” Hackworth said of the new Chromebooks.
In addition to students getting new Chromebooks, the teachers got new laptop computers across the Duncan Public School district. The teacher Chromebooks, which were given to teachers a year before students got their older Chromebooks, were replaced days before the start of the school year.
Replacing the Chromebooks is part of the 2020 bond issue voters passed for Duncan Public Schools.
