Most districts have big technology wish lists.
And they want it all now. As a matter of fact, now is an excellent time to update your technology-management programs. Computer prices are dropping, and the arrival of the year 2000 means many districts face costly upgrades of old programs that were written years ago to run on IBM mainframes. Those old school-management programs must either be rewritten within the next two years or scrapped in favor of new technology. That's why many districts are electing to retire the big irons in favor of more powerful and much less costly PCs.