The school has received recent donations of older 386 and 486 computers. These are being refurbished and sent to the classrooms so that all rooms will soon have Internet access. Currently in the multimedia productions class there are 7 non-networked computers, six of which are multimedia. Only one computer has access to the Internet which is via AOL and a 14.4 modem. A school site grant was given to purchase the needed Ethernet cards, cables, network hub, memory and zip drives.
Students use the library computers for research on a very limited basis.
Most research that they do could be also found in any electronic encyclopedia. The staff at the school varies greatly as to their use and knowledge of technology. Most use some type of grading program and are familiar with word processing. While the desire and enthusiasm for this type of project was evident, the lack of equipment has made implementation difficult and impractical. A few teachers are quite knowledgeable and have computers and Internet access at home.