I wonder how much of the estimated cost would not be realized in some other way. You have to hit up the sign shop 3 times, but things like updating the website, changing letterhead, reprinting IDs, etc., are costs likely to be borne through a standard operating year anyway.

$50,000 per school is also not a trivial amount of money but in the end, comes out to less than $2.50 per school per student in RPS. That's a pack of pens.

I think it would have been best to roll this out over 2 or 3 years; there is likely additional cost efficiency to be found by learning what needs to be done on the first pass before going for the next 2.