Ashbridge Parents - Refusal to sign up to Easy4U
Ashbridge Independent School Parents 0

Ashbridge Parents - Refusal to sign up to Easy4U

29 people have signed this petition. Add your name now!
Ashbridge Independent School Parents 0 Comments
29 people have signed. Add your voice!
3%
Maxine K. signed just now
Adam B. signed just now

Parents were not informed throughout the process of collaboration with 'Easy4U'.

This should be optional for parents, and not compulsory.

The fee's for these laptops should all go through the school invoicing, and parents should not be expected to go out of their way to obtain a contact with a random company.

A meeting was organised on the 10th of June to inform parents of this decision months after it was made, and the school confirmed it's compulsory. Ethically speaking, this does not reflect Ashbridge's Ethos very well.

Parents have been advised they must contact this third party rental company to organise a 2 year / 3 year / 4 year contract to rent a Laptop which will be pre-programmed with the schools software on. No option to buy without any contract, no other options of better laptops / tablets.

Easy4U is a fairly new company with a bad reputation it seems. There are much better, more cost effective and more reliable companies such as Apple and Samsung who offer schools similar packages but these have not been considered.

If parents have multiple children at the school, then the parent must pay for a laptop per child. Children cannot share the laptops with siblings and each child must ensure they bring this laptop into school every single day alongside the other 3 bags they have to bring in.

Ashbridgeshould have sent out a questionnaire to all parents to ask for suggestions on how to improve their IT and Technology prior to making these decisions. There should have also been questions regarding parents views on using a third party lease company.

Finally, the money spent on a bang average laptop, could have been put towards developing / purchasing a better school app for all children to access from their home devices.

For example; Office 365 allows children to log on from home using their school email address and obtain access to the school apps, safely and securely. Why was this not considered?

Further facts:


If you object against this decision, please sign this petition and it will be presented to the school late June to consider their views.

Please share!

Share for Success

Comment

29

Signatures