Huh. That's enterprising, in its own way.

I, too, am surprised by the high cost of the laptops, and there may well be something to #3. MS Office is like $70 for educational use - which ain't cheap, but there's still quite some distance before we get to $1,000+.

I hope they catch 'em, and I hope the perps talk [[if anyone inside the school or schools helped them for a kickback). They certainly should be able to lock away computer equipment.

These are probably the same folks that lock their laptops in their car in plain sight when parking outside the court house.