Ninth-graders in about one-third of Maine high schools will get laptops this fall under an agreement reached Friday with Apple Computer Corp.
"I'm absolutely delighted," said Maine Education Commissioner Susan Gendron, who had been working with Apple officials to salvage the program after her department failed to sign up enough schools to reach the minimum of 8,400 laptops.
Apple agreed to lower its minimum participation level to 6,000 laptops without changing its annual rental price of $300, the same fee it charged for laptops in Maine's 242 middle schools, she said.
The price includes servers and repairs, and Apple also will provide training and assist in installing the wireless networks that link the computers.
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