Chicago Public Schools wants to pay one of its biggest tech device suppliers up to $60 million over four years to automatically track the district’s tablets, laptops and other technology.

The school board is expected to vote later this month on a contract for CDW, the Vernon Hills-based technology behemoth that also sells the district tech equipment, for a system and services to help monitor and inventory devices issued to students and district staff.

The move comes after late 2022 reporting by Chalkbeat and WBEZ and an early 2024 report by the district’s inspector general that showed school and district officials were losing track of thousands of computers and other devices after a pandemic-era technology spending spree. That report highlighted what the watchdog deemed unacceptable numb

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