About 25 to 30 people, from parents to teachers to school-board members, rolled up their sleeves and donated their time. One parent, Robert Wichlinski, who owns a local computer networking company called On-Site Computer Co., volunteered his own time and that of a technician, who did the finishing touches by installing the network connection boxes in all the rooms. This creates a new set of problems. The Boone Grove elementary and middle schools now each have their own phone line for dial-up access to the Internet. But with only one line each, just one classroom at a time can be connected.
Teachers have to sign up for time.
When voters approved a referendum that funded the new school, costs for wiring the building and getting a computer in every classroom were figured into the plan. Getting a high-speed connection to the Internet was also simple, thanks to a lucky break. The school didn't have money to put in a line itself. So the high school got its high-speed connection. The school worries about what will happen when the grant money runs out.