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Lake Washington School District is grateful to generous community members and businesses for their interest in donating computer equipment for use by schools. This spirit of generosity reflects the community support that is so critical to the district. To make sure these generous donations can be properly supported and maintained for the use of our students, however, the district staff has developed a set of standards for donated equipment.

Hardware donations are restricted to the Compaq/Hewlett-Packard devices that meet the minimum standards listed below. Donations that do not meet these standards cannot be accepted since the technology support staff cannot maintain them. The school that receives the donation is responsible for the cost of all additional power, network, or facilities needed to accommodate the new equipment.

Minimum standards
Compaq/Hewlett-Packard:
Pentium II, Celeron or ADM 2.8hz or better running XP Pro and Sophos Antivirus software, with 512 MB of memory, 10T Ethernet connectivity, 17" color monitor, 80GB hard drive.

Computer equipment donation to a school:

• It must be configured to meet the district's current minimum standard as listed above. If the donation fails to meet the standard, the school will have to commit to upgrading the computer before accepting the donation.
• The district technology support staff must assess the donation. It must be in good, working condition and have all the parts to comprise a complete system.

Software donation to a school:

• Donations must include the license(s) for operation, media shipped by the publisher, and documentation.
• The district cannot accept an older version of software for which the donor has paid for an upgrade. The older version is still part of the software license and giving it away would be a violation of copyright agreement with the publisher.
• The software must meet district standards for curriculum and/or must be on the approved list of district software.

Donations made through the district:

• Donations must meet all of the above criteria.
• Donation offers will go to the Chief Technology Officer or designee.
• A message will go to all schools outlining the specifics of the donation.
• Interested schools will make direct contact with the donor to make all arrangements.

Once a donation is received:

• Equipment must pass a hardware inspection by the district's Computer Repair department.
• Equipment/Software exceeding $1,000.00 in value must be accepted by the school board.
• Once the equipment is received, the school will notify the Inventory Department (Business Services) where the item will be added to the school's inventory and a district inventory tag will be generated. School staff will affix the inventory tag and brand the equipment.
• The Inventory Department will notify the Superintendent's Office, which will send an acknowledgement and thank you to the donor.