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Aurora students are getting pricey new iMacs for the computer lab

- Wendy DiAlesandro

Aurora High School students will soon be tapping away on new computers. The district’s school board on Monday agreed to lease 27 new iMac computers for the Mac Lab. The computers will cost $25,470 per year for three years, with a $1 buyout.

The board also approved $33,002 for the purchase of a new truck to be used for maintenance and snow plowing.

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Wendy DiAlesandro

Wendy DiAlesandro is a former Record Publishing Co. reporter and contributing writer for The Portager.

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