Board of Education members in Flossmoor School District 161 Monday rejected an emergency administration request for new computers to be used during the state-mandated PARCC standardized test, which students will begin taking later this month.
In a 5-2 vote, board members turned down the administration’s request to immediately spend $30,000 for 150 new Chromebook laptop computers that could used in administering PARCC, the Partnership for Assessment of Readiness for College and Careers. State education officials…
