[K12OSN] Help design a new elementary school!

["Terrell Prudé, Jr."]

Agreed.  And once that conduit is laid, start running fiber everywhere, 
as many strands as you can reasonably afford.  We're doing that in all 
of our schools now.  If you can afford it, run a pair of fiber alongside 
every Cat5 run that you're now doing; running fiber isn't nearly as 
expensive as it once used to be.  Fiber NICs, though, *are* relatively 
quite expensive today, but who's to say ten or twenty years from now? 

I've done this in my home as well; each "data port" is actually a 
combined wall plate w/ RJ-11, two coax runs (cable TV/modem service), 
RJ-45 Cat5, and fiber (SC connectors).  It's great, and I won't have to 
do that again for a very, very long time.

--TP

Rob Owens wrote:

>Is the building already existing?  If not, or if it's
>being renovated, I have a suggestion for you.  Have
>them install large conduit to house your network
>wires, etc.  That way, years down the road when
>nobody's using category 5 cable anymore, it will be
>easier for the school to upgrade than if it was
>"permanently" installed like electrical wiring is.
>
>I did this in my home.  In fact, I ran double sets of
>conduit so that I could separate different types of
>wires to avoid possible interference.  It paid off,
>because I soon found myself running network cable and
>speaker wire all over the place.
>
>-Rob
>
>--- Mark Gumprecht <gumprechtm at msln.net> wrote:
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>>I am also interested in this from the K12LTSP
>>perspective. We are 
>>looking at a new facility to be built to replace the
>>old High school, 
>>junior high and elementary complex. Currently, the
>>old setup is a 1024 
>>subnet of mess, 950 users, installed in sections,
>>obliterating any 
>>standard possible! Looking for that not to happen
>>again. (Already 
>>writing my standards proposal).
>>Mark
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>>The Prof wrote:
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>>>Hello,
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>>>I'm on the design committee for a new elementary
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>>school.  We're in the
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>>>planning stages with the schematics, etc. I'm
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>>looking for advice,
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>>>suggestions, ideas, experiences and so on, from
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>>those in the know
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>>>about how to make this new school technologically
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>>the best.  We plan
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>>>on using the k12ltsp system in the new school, so
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>>what things should
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>>>we do?  The school currently has only 50 students,
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>>but the projected
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>>>capacity is up to 400 students.
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>>>So let me know!
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>>>Joseph
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