What to do when an employee breaks his laptop?

I am the Tech Coordinator at a small, private elementary school. The faculty received laptops recently for use in and out of the classrooms. One of the teachers dropped his, which has essentially fried the laptop. My IT guy took parts from other laptops and put everything together so it would work. That’s not the problem.

My question is: how do we make it so the teachers USE the laptops (aren’t afraid of dropping them) but are still held responsible for any damage done? Does anyone have a procedure they use or some protocol they have?

Any help would be appreciated.

Doug Joubert
Christian Brothers School
NOLA