Device "Health Checks"

Commencing in Week 10 as part of our Device Maintenance schedule, the technical team at Ripley Valley State Secondary College will be collecting student devices between the 12th September and 13th October 2022, and completing a health check on all devices. The health check will consist of:

• Checking for any damages that have not been reported to have fixed via Warranty (where possible), or through Accidental Damage insurance (Excess costs listed below).
• Checking that students have and are using the required laptop case.
• Checking students have the RVSSC sticker on their laptop, and their laptop is labelled correctly with all required cataloguing stickers still intact.
• Ensuring device is running at optimal levels, and re-imaging where needed.

As per the laptop agreement, if damage is found on the device or students are missing their RVSSC stickers &/or laptop cases, parents will receive notification of this, damage fixed and lost items replaced. An invoice sent to effected families as per the prices listed below:

ITEM / DESCRIPTION COST

• Insurance Excess - 1st damage in 12 months $50
• Insurance Excess - 2nd Damage in 12 months $100
• Insurance Excess - 3rd Damage in 12 months Cost of full repair (Quote will be provided)
• Damage to school bank laptop (Hot Swap) Cost of parts + $50 labour fee
• Laptop Case (7-9) $45
• Laptop Case (10) $70
• Replacement Charger $35

The schedule for the device health checks is below.

YEAR LEVEL DROP OFF PICK UP

• Year 9 Monday 12th September, Tuesday 13th September
• Year 10 Wednesday 14th September, Thursday 15th September
• Year 8A - 8C Tuesday 4th October, Wednesday 5th October
• Year 8D - 8F Thursday 6th October, Friday 7th October
• Year 7A - 7D Monday 10th October, Tuesday 11th October
• Year 7E - 7H Wednesday 12th October, Thursday 13th October

Please advise us at tech@ripleyvalleyssc.eq.edu.au if you know that your child will not be at school when their year level is completing their health checks so alternate arrangements can be made. Similarly, if you know of issues with your child’s laptop that has not been reported please advise our team so we can ensure issues are rectified.