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Enrolled students can keep their district laptops over the summer
All students returning to Tacoma Public Schools for the 2021-2022 school year can keep their district-issued laptops over the summer. Seniors and students transferring out of TPS will need to return their laptop to their school; details on the process will be available later this school year.
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