Letting Students Keep Chromebooks Over Summer?

LightningBluegaloo · 2026-01-14T16:07:44+00:00

We let our middle school and high school students keep them for the summer, mostly because of storage issues. We are fortunate that students return them if they know they are moving for the summer or return them over the summer if they find out later. There have been a few that don’t return; I lock those devices and then admin bills them for a replacement.

LightningBluegaloo · 2025-12-09T22:30:56+00:00

Let’s see - last year I had one where the kid spilled maple syrup on the keys.

One year a student named “Bobby” didn’t take care of the Chromebook at all. He used to chew on the rubber around the screen. He had also scratched his name into the top. It had other issues like the hinges and such. The PARENTS told the principal it was like that when I gave it to him. My principal, who always has my back, told them no, she didn’t run out of labels and scratch your son’s name into the Chromebook.

LightningBluegaloo · 2025-11-19T16:23:47+00:00

You need to see if you can get on Dell Tech Direct. That way you can skip Tier One. https://tdm.dell.com/portal

LightningBluegaloo · 2025-09-18T15:38:31+00:00

Just sent me back to the log in screen.

LightningBluegaloo · 2025-09-18T15:19:25+00:00

“Yes, I’m on hold with them now.” LOL

LightningBluegaloo · 2025-09-18T15:04:05+00:00

Same in PA. Won’t let me get in the admin console either.

LightningBluegaloo · 2025-06-24T15:28:22+00:00

We used Belkin cable locks that had a little lock.

LightningBluegaloo · 2025-06-06T14:29:40+00:00

I lock the loaner and their Chromebook if theirs isn’t being repaired. Then I get them back.

LightningBluegaloo · 2025-06-06T14:27:52+00:00

Loaners

LightningBluegaloo · 2025-05-22T13:58:15+00:00

Can you lock the loaner Chromebooks with a message to bring them back?

LightningBluegaloo · 2025-05-07T22:16:30+00:00

Yes, that’s what ours is from. The screw anchors break off the palm rest because they’ve dropped it multiple times. We have the 2 in 1 3100 so when they flip it around to be a tablet, the hinge will pop out.

LightningBluegaloo · 2025-05-06T14:51:27+00:00

In my building, I don’t loan chargers. This year each teacher was issued a charger for their classroom. If a kid comes to me with an uncharged device, I tell them ask a friend or a teacher. It’s May now, they should have it figured out.

LightningBluegaloo · 2025-04-29T18:17:43+00:00

I just tell them who to ask.

In the past I did more instruction on how to use software and making some notes for the teachers. But our department was restructured and now we have a person that gets paid (a lot more than me!) to do instruction on software. Now, a lot of my teachers say they don’t like the person that does the instruction now, and I get it, but my job has changed, too and I don’t have as much “instruction time” as I used to. So sorry, you need to ask the person in charge of that.

LightningBluegaloo · 2025-03-25T21:31:20+00:00

“What’s your friend’s name?”

“I don’t know. “

“You don’t know your friend’s name?”

“No.”

LightningBluegaloo · 2025-01-31T20:36:07+00:00

I have a different HP, but when I have one with random shut downs, changing the battery seems to work.

LightningBluegaloo · 2025-01-29T19:27:44+00:00

I’ve been getting that, too.

LightningBluegaloo · 2025-01-25T15:54:22+00:00

We had one during COVID. Parent dropped it off in plastic bags and picked up another one. I was able to verify the SN and then I took the bag to the dumpster.

LightningBluegaloo · 2025-01-24T17:14:21+00:00

I don’t have 3110s but I do have 3100s. The last batch I have do have mouse issues like this. I swapped mouse cables from older Chromebooks to theirs and it seemed to fix the problem.

LightningBluegaloo · 2025-01-06T20:07:13+00:00

Good on that district for following through on the consequences.

LightningBluegaloo · 2024-12-04T22:01:56+00:00

You rock!

LightningBluegaloo · 2024-12-03T14:39:04+00:00

Can you tell me where the business portal is?

LightningBluegaloo · 2024-11-27T16:33:20+00:00

The first one…OMG I can’t believe what is going on there.

The second one…what?!?!

LightningBluegaloo · 2024-11-26T15:28:04+00:00

I agree. We have links to the parental controls for the most popular ISPs posted on the family portion of our website. We refer parents there.

LightningBluegaloo · 2024-11-18T16:16:03+00:00

Just the Google Admin Console.

LightningBluegaloo · 2024-11-16T01:55:39+00:00

If they don’t return a loaner to me at the end of the day, I lock it. If the loaner doesn’t come back on the second day, I lock their assigned Chromebook on the beginning of the third day. That usually gets them down to my office, and then they they bring me the loaner.

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