[DM-MUG] For those in K-12, free Macs

[John Eller]

if macs were designed with a slot that distributed free money every  
hour, the des moines schools still wouldn't go for them.
it's hard wiring in the calcified brains of the tech dept.

On Jun 1, 2005, at 9:10 AM, Victoria L. Herring wrote:

>> I don't know all the details but teachers in K-12 might want
>> to look into this. Looks like Mount Ayr and Carroll school
>> districts have gotten some Macs. I also heard that Newton
>> was in the running. Why not Des Moines?
>>
>> http://desmoinesregister.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20050530/ 
>> NEWS02/505300339/1001
>>
>> If I was in the DM school system I would complain to the
>> powers that be that the rigid rules about not using
>> Macintoshes are keeping the schools from taking advantage of
>> these opportunities.
>>
>> Bob Titus
>
> I don't recall those being free.  That may be the 'excuse'
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