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Device availability and inventory management in schools
6:32:15
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Council Member Rita Joseph inquires about the availability of devices for online testing in schools and the process of inventory management. DOE representatives explain the current system and responsibilities.
- All devices have been distributed to schools
- Schools are responsible for device distribution to students and inventory management
- DOE provides support to schools in managing their device inventory
- Concerns raised about the transition of device management responsibility to individual schools
Rita Joseph
6:32:15
And all schools have technology.
6:32:17
If we were to do a test run tomorrow, every single student have a device in a school building that works and they can test run the system?
Intekhab Shakil
6:32:26
With regards to bandwidth, yes.
6:32:28
With respect to devices, we have handed over all our devices to the schools.
6:32:33
Schools is responsible for distributing those devices to the students, and we are there to support the school as they
Rita Joseph
6:32:39
So the school is responsible for the inventory.
6:32:41
They will know how many are working, how many are not.
6:32:43
They know to take it off the inventory to make sure it's working.
Emma Vadehra
6:32:47
Yes.
6:32:48
So can I just do a couple of things to circle back on the testing one and then devices?
6:32:52
So I would just say on testing, it is something we have been keeping a very close eye on.
6:32:56
It's obviously critical.
6:32:58
We're mid cycle this year, but we did have grades five and eight in SAT and PSAT transition last year.
6:33:03
And it wasn't on New York one and everything went very smoothly in that process.
Rita Joseph
6:33:09
You noticed that wasn't, I