Every single student in LZHS has an iPad, so LZHS needs access to AirPrinting now.  

Since the curriculum is becoming so dependent on the use of technology, the school should provide the students with Air Printers before the school year ends.

The majority of classes use iPads as a tool for sharing documents, turning in assignments, and watching videos.

Eric Hamilton, Assistant Principal Curriculum and Instruction, says that the Air Printers are on their way. Meanwhile, students have to go through a tedious process of printing their material.

Air Printers allow for the students to print out anything wirelessly. If a student is at school and wishes to print something from their iPad, they have to follow several procedures.

The school enforces a policy where a student must scan their ID before entering the library to allow Attendance to know where the students are during their free periods.

After scanning their ID, the student must log into a school computer with the username and password that the school provided has for them. The student must then send the content from their iPad to their own email. After this step, they log-in to their email, and finally download the item onto the computer so that they may simply print the desired content.

If a student had the opportunity to print to an Air Printer, they would simply export the content directly to the printer, and the material would be printed. Another option could be to send the material directly to the Air Printer’s email, which also prints the desired content. These alternatives are far more efficient for students.

The purpose of the iPad, according to Hamilton, is to aid a student in curating and creating information. The iPads are very useful, but having to go through the long process of printing a simple paper may take about an unnecessary 10 minutes.

Hamilton says that one of the Canon copiers has the ability to Air Print, but students will not be able to use the tool because some students do not have the ability to Air Print and some do not.

“Right now, eighth graders from last year that were at Middle School North could Air Print [there]. Those kids have the capacity to do it here if we turn it on, but then that just isolates those kids,” Hamilton said. “From an equity standpoint, I believe anyone has the right to do it. We want to make sure we have the capacity and the capability to do it before we [enable] it.”