The Department of Education said Wednesday that only 56 percent of US elementary and secondary schools report they have successfully fixed their building systems, such as heating, security, and telecommunications. Wired News delivered to your inbox or hand-held device. About 1,000 districts responded to the phone survey , which was conducted in September and early October. Higher ed is also having problems. Of the roughly 1,350 colleges and universities that responded, more than a quarter said they had not finished worst-case contingency planning.
Administrators insist that they'll be ready in time.
The agency has busied itself holding teleconferences and listing the names of colleges that have successfully passed Y2K tests. Send it . Use this version. E-mail this to a friend. Wired Digital Inc., a Lycos Network site.