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Marietta schools purchase 320 computers

By Daarel Burnette II
June 25, 2012

The Marietta City school board recently approved purchasing 320 Dell desktop computers for $158,080. The computers cost $494 each and will be funded with SPLOST funds. The computers will replace several computers at Dunleith Westside and Sawyer Road Elementary schools that are older than five years.

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