A proposed Portland science and technology charter school announced a major deal with Google to arm each of its students with the software company's signature Chromebook laptops and wireless Internet accounts. The Baxter Academy arrangement represents Google Inc.'s largest deployment of the Chromebooks in New England, and the multibillion-dollar firm is counting the school as an important partner as it seeks traction for its 7-month-old laptop line. The school's decision to link arms with Google also marks a departure from the state of Maine's 10-year-old relationship with Apple, which has supplied all of the state's public middle school students with laptops since 2002 as part of the Maine Learning Technology Initiative. The Chromebooks slated to be leased by the school are manufactured by Samsung and use Google Inc.'s Chrome operating system, as well as the Internet company's slate of office and organizational programs, which will be mutually accessible by teachers and students meaning instructors at the school will be able to remotely check in on the students' research, projects and schedules.