Yes, because teachers are known as a well paid class of people who have loads of free time on their hands, and for who the overhead of sourcing laptops through eBay and setting up operating systems and integration with other systems from scratch is an appropriate additional workload.
In some European countries teachers are extremely well paid and have at least 2.5 months paid vacation.
The vacation seems similar in the U.S., I don't know the payments.
It students really need laptops (big if ..), the installation should happen in class. If installation cannot happen in class, the laptops are toys anyway and aren't needed. Better teach maths.
In the US, teachers are underpaid for what they do (47-69K across the whole US, COL varies greatly), pay for many supplies out of their own pocket, and do not receive salary during the vacation months, so they often take summer jobs. When not teaching classes, they are also expected to use their "free" time creating classroom plans, grading papers, coaching homework, and appeasing parents in every way.
