WHO: Ashburnham Westminster Regional School District (Ashburnham, Mass.) WHAT: A school proposal was put forward to buy 150 iPads for kindergartners to use in class. Parents would be given the option to lease them for $25 a month for two years in order to own the iPad.
WHY IT”S AN OUTRAGE: The elementary school in this district has a “bare bones” staff and lacks a vice principal, yet taxpayer money is going to provide iPads for kindergarteners.
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