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

[Melissa Davidson]

I agree. I've tried to reason with them myself, and it's completely  
useless.  They're impossible.


On Jun 1, 2005, at 9:31 PM, John Eller wrote:

> 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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