[ale] Atlanta school converted to Linux by PTA

[Joshua Zeidner]

Cool!  Im surprised they didnt use Edubuntu.  I will be touching briefly on
using OSS in government in my pres tonight... jmz


On 3/9/06, Steven A. DuChene <linux-clusters at mindspring.com> wrote:
>
> 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 <drifter at oppositelock.org>
> >Sent: Mar 9, 2006 12:46 PM
> >To: Atlanta Linux Enthusiasts <ale at ale.org>
> >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? <grin>
> >  This blurb was taken from the ALE web page:
> >
> >-------------------- <begin copied blurb> ----------------------
> >
> >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.
> >
> >----------------------- <end> ---------------------------------
> >
> >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
> >
>
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