The former Exploratory lab has been upgraded and moved into the Reference Room at CJHS and is used for a variety of purposes such as Accelerated Reader, word-processing and some Internet use. Also at the junior high are the Technology Literacy Center and the midi-based Music Exploratory program. The district also uses an integrated database for student records and financial services. The district is attempting to minimize the numbers of print stations to local computers, and is making a concerted effort to develop networked print stations in centralized areas since printers are one of the main causes of support requests. The cost of insuring Y2K compliance is extremely cost-prohibitive to public schools.
Most vendors obviously desire great compensation to make guarantees.
However, like everyone else our fingers will be crossed New Year s Eve. The district is concentrating planning efforts in technology in four major areas. Those areas include community involvement , engaged learning , professional development for technology use, and deployment and sustainability . The district is required to have a Peer-Review Team approved comprehensive Technology Plan. The last approval was April of 1997.