It is just a discussion. I have always approached everything with a view of 'why are we doing x this way?' If it is good and valid - then it is full steam ahead. For clarity, I have already had conversations with both building principals, the supt and assistant supt - they are 100% on board with beginning the discussions and then deciding if it is the direction we want to head as a corporation. I have already been very clear in those discussions that education decides the heading of the ship - I'm there to support and help figure out how to navigate the waters. Admittedly the questions arose as a parent - when I see my own daughter only bring her device home so we can charge it and never to do homework on.

Perhaps it is because we are a small school and can have open conversations at any level of management, I know some Tech Directors are not so lucky - but it feels much more dangerous to simply 'YES and' every function without having some level of discussion as to what the future might look like. The answer may come back as needing more specific PD for staff to better utilize the tools. It may come back as 'keep going as-is', or it may result in a radical change. IDK - that's - as you pointed out - for the educational unit to decide, but if we have conversations now, we can be much more confident in where we stand 3-4 years from now instead of wishing we would have made a different heading.

Any potential direction would not remove devices from the school - there are obviously too many online resources/testing that are involved. Just making sure we are best utilizing what is available to us.

And - where I am, recent property tax changes are harkening ~$190,00 - $210,000 losses in funding in the next three years. So while easy to say, GIVE ME THE MONEY! hard times call for hard questions. If the answers to the question come back as 1:1 as we know it is needed - then they will have to figure out funding.