By Calvin Hennick, Boston Globe
Paper? Check. Pencils? Got ’em. And — if you’re a Medfield eighth-grader — don’t forget the iPad. At a time when technology is becoming as integral as backpacks and gym shoes for some students, the policy raises the question of whether expensive electronics should be considered “school supplies” like calculators, notebooks, and binder, or whether districts should provide required devices in the same way they hand out textbooks. Nat Vaughn, principal of Blake Middle School in Medfield, said he was “cautiously optimistic” when the district first surveyed parents last winter to determine how they would feel about buying iPads for their kids to use at school. “We said, ‘We feel this is really enhancing our education. Here’s why, and here’s what it looks like,’ ” Vaughn said. “Overwhelmingly, they said they would support this initiative.”
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