Gwinnett Schools Taking Action on eCLASS
Board can vote on a multimillion-dollar tech deal at Thursday's meeting.
As early as next year some Gwinnett County school students may no longer be lugging textbooks back and forth to school. The Gwinnett County school system is ramping up its eCLASS digital teaching/classroom system, and a related multimillion-dollar purchase is on the school board agenda for Thursday's meeting. A recommended deal involves a $9.5 million contract with Houghton Mifflin Harcourt publishers for a software application called Pinpoint, according to the agenda. This would provide the district with an "integrated enterprise solution to enhance student engagement and the learning process," the agenda said. This would be for a one-year contract with four annual renewals. eCLASS is an acronym for Content, Learning and Assessment …
