The city school system could use a computer to keep track of its computers.
Eight public schools left nearly 400 laptops and tablets unopened in their boxes — some for years — even as some students struggled to make the grade, according to an audit released Monday by city Comptroller Scott Stringer.
“Computers shouldn’t be sitting in closets,” Stringer said. “It is an insult to families who are desperate to access technology for their children to leave brand-new computers and tablets unused in… storage facilities.”
Boys & Girls HS of Brooklyn, one of the city’s lowest-ranking schools, left 78 computers in their original packaging from July 2011 to June 2013, the audit found.
The auditors said records were so poor that they couldn’t account for 1,871 computers.
Schools spokeswoman Yuridia Pena said the Department of Education is “identifying ways to catalog all equipment to ensure we are using all available resources.”