Program gives laptops to middle school students

Hundreds of middle school students and their parents crowded into a high school inFarmington, N.M., on Monday afternoon to receive free laptops, courtesy of Farmington Municipal Schools. This is the first year for the Farmington Learning Initiative, an ambitious program that provides Apple MacBooks for all district middle school students. Students are expected to bring their laptops to school, fully charged, every day. As more textbooks are published online, print editions will be weeded out. To read The Farmington Daily Times article, click here.