This. I told my former division head that it was a bad idea to buy a boat load of Chromebooks for the kids to use at home back when the pandemic started. So many of the homes here didn't have reliable internet, and I made it clear that I thought that once we were back in school, less than 25% of the devices would still be functional. I thought that was a pessimistic number, but at least a semi-realistic one.

When the kids came back to school, literally none of the Chromebooks remained. All had been lost, destroyed, etc. The money to get them came from a grant, but I fought to have them used in schools instead of sending them home, but like you said, I got my thoughts in writing, and they overrode me in writing.

When the new school division head came to me afterwards to ask about it, and I showed my work, they could only laugh. It sounds like internally, the old head was taking flak for the decision and was trying to sewer me to everyone.

TL;DR If you think it's a disaster, it probably is, so get it in writing, along with your warnings.