iPads could be required tools for all fifth-graders in the Wellesley school district next fall if administrators decide to expand a pilot program designed to put one of the Apple tablet computers in the hands of every student.
The district is holding a series of public meetings to discuss the proposal, with a forum for parents Thursday at 7 p.m. in the Wakelin Room at the Wellesley Free Library, and presentations at school PTO gatherings over the next week or two.
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This amounts to a Apple sales campaign. If the school system supplied the computers via a legitimate bidding process, that would possibly be okay. Requiring students to buy an expensive proprietary product from a specific company is just plain wrong. Wellesley schools shouldn't be part of the Apple marketing department.