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Simon Lenormand
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Well equipped to start the school year. Thirty-three sophomores from Gilbert Martin High School in Newburgh (OR), Friday, September 27, 2024, received a laptop and cover provided by the Normandy District.
This distribution aims to “fight The digital divide, exposed during Covid “Some families can't afford a computer,” recalls Luis Da Costa, the high school's principal. » This is an issue of great importance to Gilbert Martin’s students, as “the agricultural environment has become very technological. Weather monitoring, plot management, accounting: it is all computerized!”
Annual budget of 20 million euros
Regional Councilor Marie-Noëlle Chevalier highlighted the good quality of the equipment provided to high school students, to avoid “having to make repairs.” Computers are loaned to students for the remainder of their studies, and at the end They will be able to permanently obtain this equipment for a symbolic euro.
Please note that the institution has also been equipped with WiFi by the district since the end of the last school year. This regional program was launched in 2021 with a budget of €20 million per year Distributing about 40 thousand laptop computers annually.
In total, more than 250 Norman secondary schools provide general education, contract special education and agricultural education.
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