Our kids' experience with public school Chromebooks has been pretty much the opposite of the comments here. All the neighborhood kids I've seen are taking good

Our kids' experience with public school Chromebooks has been pretty much the opposite of the comments here. All the neighborhood kids I've seen are taking good care of the school Chromebooks they have been entrusted with - they understand how to be responsible for them. Our schools taught basic typing at an early age, so the kids can fire up Google Docs and start writing as fast as they can think. For science class, they can open a spreadsheet, record data and immediately make charts and graphs. Not to mention, in almost any future profession, spreadsheet skills are a must. During Covid they could Zoom with their teachers and classmates. From what I've seen, their Chromebooks have been a tool that enables them to do their best academic and creative work. And they do all this without any trouble from viruses or malware. $200 for 3 years is extremely reasonable given all the benefits the kids are receiving.