we're not SAS but our school tried to bring in a laptop policy for the year 6 primary and so many people complained that they scrapped it. What you have to do is get enough parents who are against the system and make your voices heard.
Yes, that's what I'm trying to do right now. The school never asked us, the parents, what we thought about this new change and they just go ahead to make the final decision.
In fact, according to an article in the student-written and edited high school newspaper "The Eye", this new policy already caused mixed reactions among teachers. Many teachers are concerning about the potential for distractions such as Facebook, Youtube and messenging druing class. And some teachers who have begun to adopt laptop use in their classrooms already seen an increase in the number of online blogs and forums.
My son who never brings laptop to school said he won't bring laptop to school everyday unless it's necessary. As I said before, laptop use in-class should be a option not a requirement.
As a SAS parent, I'm feeling so helpless to this decision. After talking to some parents, no one agrees or approves on this new policy. They all actually are against to it. We just don't know what we can do about it.
