Business teacher Carrie Seiler and the students in the Chrome Lab fix many Chromebooks throughout the year to provide students with the well-working technology they need to excel in their school work.

The Chrome lab fixes up to about a dozen Chromebooks a day and at least 600 Chromebooks a year in room 221.

“We had a lot of broken Chromebooks and the tech person could not keep up. We saw other districts that were effectively fixing Chromebooks, so we went and looked at those schools, and then we modeled ourselves after them,” Seiler said.

When a student walks into the Chrome lab a Chrome tech asks what is going on with the Chromebook. The student will then get signed in and the Chrome tech will scan the computer.

“Most of the screen problems are motherboard things, the Chromebook will not turn on and the students have no clue why and it is our job to figure out what is going on,” senior Isaiah Copeland said.

Students are given rental computers while their Chromebooks are being fixed, with the original being returned within two to three business days.

“Broken screens and keyboard problems are pretty common,” Seiler said.

Insurance covers many chromebook issues.  Without insurance, Chromebook screens cost $15.95, a new Chromebook charger costs around $20 and if the Chromebook is fully destroyed the cost is $250.

“The hardest thing to do in the Chrome Lab is trying to figure out what’s wrong with everyone’s Chromebook,  because it’s all ways different things and tracking where they go and where they came from,” senior Evan McClelland said.

Chrome lab hours start at 7 a.m. before school starts, and then the last five minutes of first, second, third and fifth hours. Fourth and sixth  hours the Chrome lab is open all hour, as well as  during pack and den time with a pass. The lab is closed for the eighth hour.