Untitled 4.2.1 Software As part of the 1996 Wide Area Networking Committee's recommendations a need for software compatibility between schools became evident in order to promote the sharing of information throughout the Supervisory Union. District licenses were purchased for ClarisWorks and HyperStudio. FirstClass and Netscape are used for telecommunication and access to the Internet. Security software is used on all networks. Central Office staff has standardized using Microsoft Office.
Individual schools maintain software collections based on local curriculum implementation plans.
All software purchased goes through a process that is linked to curricular objectives, relevance to the subject, and educational pedagogy. Each school maintains its own software inventory database.