Technology Services

Midlothian ISD provides a high speed wireless network.

Every student is given an account that allows them access to our filtered network services using district devices. *Per the Acceptable use policy, every student is required to connect to the MISD wifi.

• Wired Ear buds / Wired headset

• Padded bag

• Protective case / sleeve

Charging stations are not available in every classroom. Students in grades 6-12 are responsible for charging devices before coming to school.

If you have any fees for your student's device, you can pay them using Revtrak. which can also be accessed with your Skyward Family Access account "Fee Payments" tile.

Visit our Student Devices Frequently Asked Questions webpage to learn more.

If a student does not have a Dell Chromebook to turn in and has not paid the replacement fee, he/she will not receive a new Chromebook or charger.

If a student does not have a Dell Chromebook to turn in, the fee is $100. This must be paid in RevTrak before a new Lenovo Chromebook and charger will be issued. 

Payments can be made at any time through the RevTrak portal. Staff involved in the device exchange process will not be able to accept cash, check, or credit payments during device distribution.
 

If a student is missing the assigned charger that was issued with their Dell Chromebook, a $10 replacement fee will be assessed in Skyward to cover the cost of the missing Dell charger. Assessed fees can be paid through RevTrack. If the student has the Dell Chromebook that has been assigned to them, he/she will receive a new Chromebook and an accompanying charger.

During the Device Exchange process, a tech team staff member will be on-site to help students log into the device and locate the serial number. Once that is complete, the student will continue through the process of receiving a new Chromebook.

Students in grades 6-12 will be issued an individually assigned Lenovo Chromebook and charger. Each Chromebook is cataloged with an asset tag. Both items are checked out to students in the district’s inventory system (Incident IQ). 

If a student does not have their student-issued ID or Dell Chromebook on the day their grade level is scheduled to receive the new device, they will not be issued a new Lenovo Chromebook device that day. The campus will hold a makeup Device Exchange Day. A makeup date has not yet been determined. Communication will be sent to parents of these students once a makeup date has been identified.

No, all devices will remain at elementary campuses this year and will not be assigned to individual students to take home. Each classroom will have a cart of devices to use as needed.

Yes, the district adopted board policy CQC (LEGAL) and (LOCAL), which sets standards and expectations for balanced technology use in all grade levels. This policy can be found in the Midlothian ISD online board policy manual.

From policy CQC Regulation: Screen time and technology exposure over the course of the instructional day, week, and unit is limited as designated by the district and in alignment with the TEKS related to technology. Screen time by grade level as designated by the district. Those guidelines are listed below:

• Prekindergarten: Not to exceed more than one hour per day
• Kindergarten through second grade: Not to exceed more than half of subject/lesson on a device
• Third through twelfth grade: Not to exceed more than half of the class period on a device