ipads over the summer?

Last year 76% percent of the middle school participated in a volunteer program to get their ipads early.  We were inundated the first few days and were happily surprised by the enthusiasm.  What should we do this summer?  Ideally if we allow the students to retain the ipads I would like to load the device with reading content and some work (eSpark or similar).  More importantly I would like to pay our teachers to monitor the work a few hours a week via electronic dashboards.  This way if a student is having an issue or not doing work at all – a teacher will be able to contact them via email.  Over the years I have heard very opposite parental opinions of this topic.  Many parents welcome the idea of summer work while others believe that summer is down time.  I think my idea addresses the biggest complaint – no one checks the work that my child spent his/her time completing.   I believe we can work around the logistical issues of issuing ipads (broken, lost, stolen, family moves).  The question is- will we have parental support for student work over the summer?  What do you say?