This is a message that came across the Atlanta Linux Enthusiasts mailing list. I just thought others in this group would be interested in hearing about something like this. I don't know if this has hit some place like linuxtoday or not. -- Steven A. DuChene -----Forwarded Message----- >From: Sean Kilpatrick >Sent: Mar 9, 2006 12:46 PM >To: Atlanta Linux Enthusiasts >Subject: Re: [ale] Atlanta school converted to Linux by PTA > >On Thursday 09 March 2006 14:23, James P. Kinney III wrote: >| Yes, you read the subject line correctly! Apparently, there is one >| school in the Atlanta Public School System that was converted to almost >| entirely Linux by its PTA. > >James, >did you, perhaps, miss the Feb. Ale Central meeting? > This blurb was taken from the ALE web page: > >-------------------- ---------------------- > >Evangelizing Open Source Benefits for Education >presented by >Daniel Howard, >President and CEO, Quadrock Communications > >After years of frustration trying to keep Windows legacy computers >functioning at Morris Brandon Elementary School, two parent volunteers >recommended to the principal and the PTA leadership that the school move >to a Linux thin client server system employing the K12-LTSP package. The >proposal was accepted, with the result that all of the school?s computers >are now fully functional and over 50 donated PC?s have been converted into >useful Linux thin clients. Some of the teachers are now considering what >they could do with a computer for every student. Initially, the school >district technology personnel staunchly opposed the system, but they have >become believers after observing the success and benefits of using open >source software first hand. > >----------------------- --------------------------------- > >Someone said at that meeting that the IT dept. for the Atlanta School >Board (which had fought the idea throughout the process) now considers >this experiment a "proof of concept" and is willing to try it in other >schools. > >Sean >