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they need another capital expenditure for more computers? <br /> John Williams said every room will be on a level playing field then. Once they are in, we are <br /> going to have to make there last. In two years the school will have 850-900 student. He does not <br /> plan on asking for any more computers. <br /> Peter suggested they will need a computer maintenance program to upgrade and maintain this <br /> technology. <br /> Dr. DeMoura was told schools should be budgeting S200 per pupil per year for maintenance <br /> only. That is a significant amount of money each year. <br /> Peter asked if the lap tops fit in with the educational plans of the students? <br /> John Williams said they do. The majority will be used by faculty but some will be used for <br /> special education needs. <br /> Paul asked Mike Kirwin the makeup of the lap tops? <br /> He said they are the equivalent of Compaq Amada, with a large hard drive. <br /> Janice said her greatest concern is the library,that it be as well stocked as it can be. She hopes <br /> theCommittee's prior concerns have been addressed and the library is as well equipped as we <br /> can afford. <br /> John Williams said they plan to purchase 8 more computers for the library in phase 11. All will <br /> be multimedia. <br /> Joe Augenblick said they plan on moving the current ones to other locations so all the computers <br /> in the library will be new(from phase H). <br /> Merry Sue said people forget homer fast this school is growing. The amount of students that will <br /> be in there in 2 years is a very strong argument for the need. <br /> Peter asked how many kids can log onto the Internet at the saine time?. <br /> Joe Augenblick said theoretically the entire school can but that it has not been tested+ <br /> Peter asked if they will be able to dial in from their hone to access files? <br /> Joe said not currently but they are working on that. The system has to be configured and a <br /> policy has to be developed to,monitor that use. <br /> John Williams said.in September every teacher,the computer labs and the library will have <br /> Internet access and they will monitor that to see how it goes before adding. <br /> Tentatively they would like to have access from home this school year but there are other items <br /> of higher priority to be worked out first. <br /> Mike Kirwan suggested setting up a test case, with perhaps a hone bound.student. <br /> Merry Sue asked how this figure compares to the budget? <br /> Paul said it is slightly higher, by$40,000. However, when the budgets were first developed., we <br /> idled out some technology related.items from Tavares' budget and.asked Mke Kirwin to do it. <br /> Therefore Tavares is under budget but it was never reconciled so it is not really fair to say it is <br /> over budget. <br /> Merry Sue feels to be within$40,000 is very good <br />