Students at Taupo Intermediate School have the option of buying laptops to use in class but it is causing stress for some.
A Taupo father is concerned his struggle to pay for a school laptop programme is resulting in his kids being labelled as "poor". Troy Nicholson has two kids at Taupo Intermediate School where students can purchase a $1120 Hewlett Packard laptop to use as part of their daily lessons. Parents can pay them off over two years with minimum weekly payments of $11.50 and Nicholson, wanting the best for his kids, has opted in.
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