Over a Thousand Tablets Unreturned in Kanawha County Schools

More than 1,200 iPad tablet computers have not been recovered by Kanawha County schools over the past three school years. The Gazette-Mail reported the Kanawha County Board of Education learned last Thursday that 1,269 out of about 15,000 iPads were not recovered. Officials said the county sees about a 2.8 percent annual loss, with the largest source coming from student transfers. The school system’s technology director Leah Sparks said the number should decrease as students continue to turn in tablets. Starting this year, the tablets will include a new feature allowing the county to pinpoint the location of the device, she said. Eventually, the location of the missing tablets will be given to authorities.