Oil Company Donation Buys School District iPads

BILLINGS, Mont. (AP) — Scobey Public Schools officials say a $130,000 donation from a Texas-based oil and gas exploration company means each of its students with have iPads next school year.

Superintendent Dave Selvig says the donation will buy about 250 of the Apple tablets.

The Billings Gazette reports that Shale Exploration LLC made the donation.

Company President Sam Tallis and majority stake holder Sid Greehey presented Sobey with a check last week.

Tallis and Greehey say they plan to be in the area for years to come and they want to be more than just a company with an office town.

The company is working in North Dakota's Bakken oil fields.