Quotes are taken from a message written by Arthur to Charles on 05/18/96...
AA>Whoa, Charlie!  Greece is NOT one of the wealthier suburbs of Rochester.  

AA>have lived in Greece since 1956.  While areas built in the last decade
AA>contain quite expensive homes, the town in general developed as a 
AA>lower middle-class community, and it is not highly regarded by the 
AA>truly more affluent suburbs
I did not mean anything negative by my comments - comparisons of 
communities are all subjective.  I grew up in Rochester - that's *in* 
the City (attended Ben Franklin High school).  Several of the families 
in our neighborhood, when one of the parents got a promotion, moved to 
Greece.  I visited some friends there on a number of occasions and my 
impressions were that the families had made "a step up."  I've also 
lived in the Syracuse area quite a while.  Based on *my* experiences, 
Greece was a pretty decent place to live.  My perceptions indicate they 
have much better schools than those I attended as a kid and better 
schools than I have taught in as an adult.
AA>See my comment above.  The last I heard, the school district was still
AA>debating exactly how to make the Internet available to students in the
AA>schools.
This past winter I traveled to Rochester to meet with the President of 
the Vivanet Company who provides Internet access for schools and their 
surrounding communities.  In his sales pitch he promoted a program that 
he has pioneered in Greece.  He works through the schools to provide 
Internet access in the community at a reasonable rate and, in turn, 
provides a number of free Internet accounts for use by the students and 
staff in the schools.  He showed me a server and a bank of modems which 
he claimed provided the Internet access for the community in Greece and 
explained that, as part of the deal, he provided a T1 line for the 
school's use.  Unless he was misleading me, Greece has had Internet 
access from within its schools for all of this school year.
AA>Greece residents are to vote on a 2.5 million proposal in the coming
AA>budget vote at the end of the month to update the schools' technology.
I am not aware of the number of computers within the schools that have 
Internet access, but the gentleman I met with offered us 50 connections 
for the schools and we are a district of less than 3000.  I *assumed* 
that Greece had more connections.
AA>I hope readers of this Echo will forgive me for answering you on this echo
AA>rather than writing to you via Netmail.  Educators may, of course, be
AA>interested in how this "wealthy" "innovative" community is doing in this
AA>regard, however. :)  Take care.
AA>--Art--
Indeed, this is "educator" discussion.  And as for Greece being wealthy 
- it's all relative.
Chuck Beams
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cbeams@future.dreamscape.com
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