In some cases we do evaluate products and recommend them to our members. Most of the time our members are considering products and ask us to put together a group purchase or to try to get a group discount. In some csaes, we participate in national bids. Another of our core services is providiong media to our members. We provide video tapes and classroom kits that are delivered twice per week to each school.
Technology is another core service.
We not only work with the Department of Education on projects but we also assist our schools in different parts of their projects. In each of the core areas we have staff members that are experts in that area that really do the work. We are putting together a group of more than 50 school corporations that are interested in purchasing their Natural Gas as a consortium. The bids are due to be released in late March with a decision being reached in April. A number of workshops are being presented by WVEC and our partners to assist our member schools in complying with the recently enacted accountability legislation.