Technology

Your payment through MySchoolBucks for the Device Protection Plan will notify the technology department that your student would like to check out a district-issued device. There is not a form you need to complete to request a device.

If you’re ready to purchase the Device Protection Plan for your student(s), please log into the district's MySchoolBucks site. If you are having trouble paying fees through My School Bucks on your mobile device, we recommend you use a laptop or desktop computer to complete the transaction.

You can access MySchoolBucks online (www.myschoolbucks.com) or through an app on your phone or device: App Store | Google Play Store. 

So that students may receive their Chromebooks before the first day of school and be ready to start the new school year, our technology department has set up the below device distribution schedule. Students/parents may only attend a device distribution time slot that’s on your home campus (for example: AMS students cannot pick up their Chromebook from AHS).

The one extremely important note that you need to know is that there will be no device distribution between August 8 and August 20 as our technology department works districtwide with our staff and students on beginning-of-the-year troubleshooting and other device support. If your child does not have a device before school starts, their only option will be to borrow a shared Chromebook Loaner device from EACH CLASSROOM during the respective class period EACH DAY throughout the day. We will have an extremely limited number of these shared Chromebook Loaner devices in each 6-12 classroom. These loaners may neither be taken from that specific classroom nor taken home. If you pay for the Device Protection Program between August 8 and August 20, your student will not receive their district-issued Chromebook until August 21 or after.

25-26 Device Distribution Schedule:
Aledo High School Device Distribution:
Monday, July 28 – 9am – 1pm
Monday, August 4 – 2pm – 7pm

McAnally Middle School Distribution:
Tuesday, July 29 – 9am – 1pm
Tuesday, August 5 – 2pm – 7pm

Aledo Middle School Device Distribution:
Thursday, July 31 – 9am – 1pm
Thursday, August 7 – 2pm – 7pm

Students checking out a district-issued Chromebook must obtain the $27 Device Protection Plan for FULL COVERAGE on the Chromebook. This includes unlimited accidental breakage incidents as well as theft protection coverage. The Chromebook charger is not covered under this plan. Read more about the DPP here. Please note that this is non-refundable and only applies to the 25-26 school year.

If you’re ready to purchase the Device Protection Plan for your student(s), please log into the district's MySchoolBucks site. If you are having trouble paying fees through My School Bucks on your mobile device, we recommend you use a laptop or desktop computer to complete the transaction.

You can access MySchoolBucks online (www.myschoolbucks.com) or through an app on your phone or device: App Store | Google Play Store.

Purchasing the Device Protection Plan online through MySchoolBucks before attending the distribution event will make your time at the distribution event go much faster, so yes we do recommend purchasing the Device Protection Plan before arriving at the distribution event. If you do pre-purchase the Device Protection Plan, our team will confirm the purchase when you check in and be able to get your Chromebook quickly.

You may also purchase the Device Protection Plan at the distribution event. As a reminder, Aledo ISD is cashless so all transactions will need to be made with a credit card or tap to pay. 

Students who choose not to receive a district-issued Chromebook with the Device Protection Plan will be allowed to borrow a shared Chromebook Loaner device from each separate classroom during the respective class period each day throughout the school day. These loaners may neither be taken from that specific classroom nor taken home. 

House Bill 1481 does provide an exception to the policy for students with documented medical needs or devices required by a student’s IEP or Section 504 Plan, so Aledo ISD will comply with these exceptions. We are currently working on further guidance for that for our parents and staff and will communicate that as soon as it’s finalized.

Please fill out this form to request an exemption

The law specifically reads that a “personal wireless communication device” means a telephone, cell phone such as a smartphone or flip phone, tablet, smartwatch, radio device, paging device, or any other electronic [telecommunications] device capable of telecommunication or digital communication [that emits an audible signal, vibrates, displays a message, or otherwise summons or delivers a communication to the possessor]. The term does not include an electronic device provided to a student by a school district. This means that a student may use a district-issued Chromebook but not a personal laptop, Chromebook, or tablet. 

Please do not hesitate to reach out to our Aledo ISD Technology Department at aisdtech@aledoisd.org with any questions