District target date for phones to be in place for permanent classrooms is Jan. 31st. There are 69 buildings in the district that will not be wired for phones. These buildings are mainly temporary interim buildings. District personnel are currently working to notify school sites of the effected buildings. The district has received 3.8 mil. in E Rate assistance since 1998.
E Rate provides schools and libraries affordable telecommunications.
Currently, classroom phones are considered Class 1 in the district Information Systems Dept. Basically, this means only area codes in the vicinity of MUSD have outside access. We have asked to check the possibility of upgrading this classification to a Class 2 which would give teachers outside access to the greater Los Angeles area. Adult Ed. has not received the funding that K-12 has received in the previous years from the state. Mr. Pell, Director of Adult Ed., is committed in finding other funding sources.