H-D BOE weigh concerns over high school printing capacity

The Hampton-Dumont Board of Education evaluated concerns over student access to printing and copying, after hearing concerns from H-D High School Student Lexis Kalkwarf.
     Kalkwarf explained that both students and teachers were informed on the first day of school this year that student access to printing in the library was no longer a practice by the school; the only printer/copier available for use in the school is in the teacher workroom, with use currently only authorized to teachers.
     The decision to move the printer/copier was not a board decision, and was made on behalf of principal Steve Madson, when the district decreased its number of printer/copiers with its new rental contract. Shared Superintendent Todd Lettow said that the district reduced the amount of printer/ copiers by three.
     Madson explained that his decision to move the printer/copier into the teacher work room and give access to teachers only was based on both the disturbance the machine created in the library, as well as the move more assignments to be completed online.
     Read the full article in the November 30 edition of the Hampton Chronicle.