[theprivacydad]

> refurbished hardware (a random mix of old laptops in a large-scale deployment lol)

On the refurbished laptop market, I see large amounts of the same series of laptops, often Thinkpads, for example. I assume this is because companies will replace entire collections of hardware dated for their purposes. I don't think it is too far-fetched to connect this market to schools in individual districts.

> a laundry list of other "technology solutions" which would be, obviously, impossible for a school system to smoothly maintain or even deploy.

See: https://nextcloud.com/blog/keep-your-data-in-your-school-use...