11/22/1994 SCHOOL - HIGH SCHOOL BUILDING COMMITTEE Minutes

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don 't have the power to take it. Do we have to have a certain capacity in the classroom? Merry Sue said programs are licensed in certain ways- for a certain amount of users. Some programs do require more capacity . Dr. DeMoura wants the community to be able to access from home . Paul said dial in capability needs detailed equipment. Types of servers in the system: file server , logically separated by types of classrooms , print server , media server. CD Rom drivers will logically be in the library . The library will have the video component. - Video will be fed into the classroom from another source - located in the video studio with remote control to each classroom. - communication servers for call back into the system, with a high level of security. Security is a big issue. Merry Sue said some schools have a totally different system for administrative use. Steve said the systems clearly don ' t run themselves . There are a lot of very bright students who will test it to the limits . A security plan will have to be put together . Presently a call back system is best. This is the biggest area of training for the teachers . Joe asked if there is an intermediate approach for fiber optics? Steve said fiber optics is a cost issue. (Joe Polito and Joan Tavares left the meeting 5 : 00 p.m. ) Traditional classroom, what will it include: 5 computer stations with a few extra jacks , a large video screen and another computer on the teachers desk . Dr. DeMoura said the phone should be at the teachers station , not on the wall . Merry Sue said the phones don ' t need to be mobile in a classroom. The Committee will review a typical layout of a classroom and discuss an appropriate phone location . Bill Martiros said he sees a phone as a nice convenience but is it really necessary? Merry Sue said the teachers at Wareham felt the phone in the classroom was the most important thing they did. The teachers can access people in another part of the building . Steve said there should be voice mail , so students or parents can call in for homework assignments . Each classroom should have a TV monitor for video and computer projections. There will be no Vcr in the rooms, they will be in a central location. Mike Pietrowksi suggested each classroom have reverse feed capabilities - set up a camera in the room, send it back to the video studio to be processed and put back on the monitor. Steve suggested the Committee approach the cable company about wiring the school . PA in each room - should be able to select PA in all rooms or just 1 room. Paul asked why you would run a general broadcast in only 1 room - there is already a phone? Steve suggested they may have an announcement for 7th and 8th grade only , 3