DT> MS>CB> Our school's bbs is up and running--soon we will have the 
DT> echos
DT> MS>CB> set  up, 
DT> MS>CB> (well, as soon as I figure out how to get the thing to dial 
DT> the 
DT> MS>CB> proper net 
DT> MS>CB> node, set up conference areas, etc.).
DT> MS>CB> How are your schools dealing with access issues?  We are just 
DT> MS>CB> developing 
DT> MS>CB> our policy.
DT> 
DT> MS>    Public schools here are running into skeptical politicians 
DT> when
DT> MS>it  comes to _widespread_ placement of computers in schools 
DT> anyway.
DT> MS>Many  question the cost-effectiveness.  Nobody is lucky enough to
DT> MS>have your  problem.
DT> 
DT> Nobody??  Or just nobody in North Carolina...generally speaking that 
DT> is 
DT> right?  Did you take a personal survey for that information or read 
DT> it 
DT> in a respected journal/newspaper?  Or are you again making something 
DT> up
    Politicians locally call a local talk show every morning, and have said 
what I said they did.  They also have been quoted to that effect in the local 
paper.
    "Making something up"?  Sheila corroborated the thing you thought I made 
up!
DT> Our district has a well-thought out policy on student and teacher 
DT> internet access.  Every staff member has received training both on 
DT> computer operations and on accessing and browsing the internet.  
    Teacher training on computer use here is considerably weaker.
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