We are continually reviewing what other districts are deciding and what the State is providing in the way of clarifying the guidelines. E-mail the district technology manager and your building administrator if you think you should be eligible. The State TTI program provides money for purchasing hardware, but does not provide any additional funds for support. Because there are no funds in this school year to provide any sort of technical assistance, support will be limited to what the vendor provides as part of the State TTI package. District Technicians will not support the hardware or software in any fashion for the balance of this school year.
Future support is dependant on budget allocations.
We are seriously looking at providing wireless access in some or all buildings for laptops. But that depends on the technology budget and other priorities. Due to the fact that providing direct support for nearly 500 laptops would mean hiring 3 or more technicians, or severely cutting back on supporting our existing technology, it is unlikely that we will ever provide the hardware support for these machines. While initial support for the computers will be limited, if there ever is going to be any such support, the computers need to be compatible with the rest of the District's network. In the event that someone leaves the District, they must turn in their TTI computer, and it would go to their replacement.