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

[Holly Welch]

Watch the Register tomorrow. It should have an article on our film  
festival....of course, it could be in the neighborhood section, so  
you won't see it unless you live on the east side.
Holly
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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