1/17/1995 SCHOOL - HIGH SCHOOL BUILDING COMMITTEE Minutes

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Steve said there are other aspects, in luding a video network to link the schools and town hall . Mr. whale would like to set up a conference call with Steve G r e l i h and Joel to discuss this issue. Mr . Whale explained there will be 24 channels with plenty of room for expansion if necessary. Bill asked about the heat generated by the equipment' . M r . whale said they talked about that at yesterday ' s meeting , it is being considered. Paul asked if humidity i an issue? M r . whale said it is not a p rob 1 enn in the United States , He suggested a 24 hour climate control system. The Committee reminded him there i' s a lot of moisture in this part of the State and asked him to keep that in mind . Phone system. Mr , whale explained what they are proposing is a result of Childs ' meetin with staff and D r . DeMou ra and with SMMA staff and from their experience. They have not yet received feedback form the Committee. Dr. DeMoura had requested earlier that voice mail be included . Automated Call Distribution : D r. DeMou r a would like th i to be there also. Call Accounting: allows you to program the computer to allow certain calls to occur at certain times , from certain rooms i .e. Room 101 must rake a long distance call at 2 : 00 p .m, Bill asked what the cost is of the external communications? Mir . whale said everything has a cost. The Internet cost has to b controlled . Bill asked if a student wants to get on the Internet, can they dial on? Steve said a raw Internet feed will not exist fro this school . Peter asked if teachers will be able to leave messages on their voice mal 1 , so parents can check in Mr . whale said they can have a homework hotline. He has found teachers dislike using it. (Peter Di n i i o left the meeting. ) Mr. Whale said it will cost about $30 , 000 for the three pieces : voice mail , automated call d i t r i but i on and call accounting . He exp t a i ned , from the administration area, you an use a speaker to dial into the classroom. Thi provides access to the classroom i f the phone i an voice mail . Merry ue said access is necessary . He presented a handout on Open Issues . Products exist for everything he described today . The Committee has t decide which one i's best for the High School . Each has to be evaluated , there are slight differences between each , He can bring them to Ma hpee for staff to "play" with for awhile to aid in their decision . IBM or Mac? John Childs feels strongly there is a need for both . Software will drive the platform. lou don ' t want to focus on this until you are ready to go to purchase:. Merry ue asked for a timeline - what has to be decided first? 5