Southern Kern Unified School District protects students and secures laptops with Absolute.

Faced with 650 laptops in circulation in 2014 among pre-teens, and another 650 planned for high school students in 2015, the IT department at SKUSD needed a way to prevent the theft of laptops. Not only did a stolen laptop represent a lost investment, it also meant a student’s progress would be hampered.

The Southern Kern Unified School District (SKUSD), based in Rosamond, California, runs five schools: two elementary, one middle school, one high school and two alternative programs – one to support independent study (home-school), and one to help students from grades 9 to 12 who have fallen behind in the conventional high school program. SKUSD serves more than 3200 students. The School Accountability Report Cards for SKUSD indicate that approximately 74% of students are socioeconomically disadvantaged, and that the middle school suspension rate for kids aged 11 to 12 is more than double the state average. In order to provide the highest quality of education possible for their students, in 2014 SKUSD invested in laptops for each middle school student and for every high school student in 2015. As noted by educators across North America, use of laptops and a digital curriculum by students in elementary through high school motivates students, provides interactive learning, allows faster, more comprehensive research, and speeds up written output.