recently last workweek a Georgia Superior Court judge halt Cobb County , Georgia ’s rollout of a one - to - one computation go-ahead that would have put iBooks in the hands of thousand of students and teachers . On Monday , the Cobb County School Board announced after meeting with its attorneys that the iBook computer programme was “ no longer an pick . ”
The Cobb County “ Power to Learn ” program once foretell to be the big iBook deployment ever . In April , Cobb County functionary sanction $ 25 million to fund the first stage of the computer programme , which would have give iBooks to teacher across Cobb County and educatee at four “ presentment ” high schooltime . If it had been fully implemented , Apple would have put more than 63,000 iBooks in the deal of students and teachers alike across Cobb County .
The “ Power to check ” program was not without controversy , however . The money to fund the plan was appropriate from a special tax fund Georgia taxpayers in case-by-case county can request call Special Purpose Location Option Sales Tax , or SPLOST .
Former Cobb County commissioner Butch Thompson brought suit against Cobb County before this yr , accusing the school board of a “ bait and flip . ” Cobb County taxpayer only match to pay to freshen obsolete workstations with that SPLOST money , he say — not to lease fresh laptop for teacher and scholarly person . George Superior Court Judge S. Lark Ingram concord with Thompson , and order a halt to the program on Friday .
The iBook mint is n’t totally dead in the water , reports theAtlanta Journal - Constitution . The newspaper said that Cobb County attorney Tain Kell believe that Ingram erred in his decision . Still , the school board ’s spokesman said that officials will commence to act on a new plan even if they plan to appeal — they have until August 28 , 2005 to do so .
