[K12OSN] Morley's Computer Rollout status

["Terrell Prudé Jr."]

Hey Tom, you need any network engineers up your way?  :-)

This is both great news and a great testament, and any of us who are
trying to sell our senior management on LTSP in the K-12 environment
should consider using this information in our pitches.

--TP
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Tom Wolfe wrote:
> CC: Gord Breen Morley, MCS Principal; Yvonne DePeel SEA
> Superintendant; Ron McWhinnie, Computers for Schools; K12LTSP user
> list; Geoff Wasdell, Grade 5 teacher.
>
> The rollout of the "new" computers we received yesterday is going very
> well, in fact it's exceeding my expectations. Teachers & students are
> very excited and pleased.
>
> Within 24 hours we have over 40 of these "new" units up & fully
> functional. Added to our existing 50 workstations we have a total of
> 90 workstations in 11 classrooms. I estimate by the end of next week
> that all labs (26 total) will be running.
>
> Our total costs for 150 workstations (including last year's order) and
> 2 servers is approx $7000 plus and a bit of effort on the part of the
> teachers & their kids to put the computers in the classrooms & get
> them lit up. And of course the time it's taken me to set up the
> servers and learn about the system.
>
> Compare this with the rollout in 2003 of our 85 Dells, which cost
> $100,000 in hardware, $30,000 in consultant's fees for the setup, to
> say nothing of the Windows, Office & other software licensing, not to
> mention that it took about 3 months to complete. This is very exciting!
>
> Thanks:
>
> - to Computers for Schools for giving us hardware that is ready to go
> with PXE boot default!!
> - to the folks involved with the Linux Terminal Server Project,
> especially K12LTSP, Edubuntu, and the K12LTSP user list
> - to a visionary school admin who is willing to support this in the
> first place
> - to Geoff Wasdell and his Grade 5 class, who acted as enthusiastic
> guinea pigs during out testing, and who have helped classes with
> younger kids get their labs set up!
>
> Regards,
> Tom Wolfe
>
> ---
>     Tom Wolfe, IT Specialist     twolfe at sawback.com
>     Stoney Educational Authority    tel: (403) 881-2650
>     Box 238, Morley AB, T0L 1N0    fax: (403) 881-2793
> Morley Community School | Chief Jacob Bearspaw School | Ta-otha School
>
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