BCLUW board discusses computers, fundraising changes

The BCLUW board of education approved the purchase of 46 laptop computers and pondered the future of some fundraisers that could be at odds with federal guidelines during Monday night’s regular meeting.
           
At a special meeting on August 2, the board had originally discussed purchasing as many as 50 computers, but board member LJ Kopsa raised questions about fiscal responsibility and lower enrollment numbers in the elementary school.
           
“Are we just automatically saying we need x amount of computers?” Kopsa asked. “If we just leave them sitting around, we’re burning up money.”
 
Definitive cost figures were not provided on Monday, but elementary principal Mitch Parker seemed to be fine with purchasing 46.
           
“A computer doesn’t make it a great classroom, but it definitely adds to it,” he said. 
 
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