High School Initiatives
The major goal of the high school portion of the 2000 bond is to achieve classroom
standards in the various content areas as well as support for new curriculum
initiatives in various content areas. In particular:
- Agriculture and Canine Science classrooms will receive one additional desktop
computer system, mounted TV, SVGA signal converter, VCR and microscope camera
and necessary cabling and furniture.
- Art classrooms will receive three enhanced desktop computer systems with
art tablets, a mounted TV, SVGA signal converter and VCR, a networked color
inkjet printer, a digital camera (1 per campus), a flatbed scanner (1 per
campus) and Photoshop software and necessary cabling and furniture.
- BCIS classrooms will receive a mounted TV, SVGA signal converter, VCR, flatbed
scanner and networked color inkjet printer.
- Business Multimedia lab/Technology Applications classrooms will have existing
computers upgraded to "enhanced" configuration, will receive a mounted
video projection system and VCR, flatbed scanner, video camera, digital camera,
networked color inkjet printer, laser printer and and necessary cabling and
furniture.
- Computer Applications and Drafting classrooms will receive eight 19"
monitors, mounted TV, SVGA signal converter and VCR.
- Choral Music classrooms will receive a mounted TV, SVGA signal converter
and stereo VCR.
- English classrooms will be brought to a standard of six desktop computer
systems, mounted video projection system and VCR, Elmo video image display
(VID) device and and necessary cabling and furniture.
- ESOL classrooms will receive six desktop computer systems, a mounted TV,
SVGA signal converter and VCR with Ellis software.
- Health classrooms will receive eight desktop computer systems, a mounted
TV, SVGA signal converter and VCR, Elmo video image display (VID) device and
and necessary cabling and furniture.
- Health Science classrooms will receive eight desktop computer systems, a
mounted TV, SVGA signal converter and VCR, Elmo video image display (VID)
device, software and and necessary cabling and furniture.
- Journalism classrooms will receive four Macintosh computers, a mounted TV,
SVGA signal converter and VCR, networked color inkjet printer, digital camera
(1 per campus) and flatbed scanner (1 per school).
- Math classrooms will receive a mounted video projection system and VCR,
overhead graphing calculator (3 per campus) and an Elmo video image display
(VID) device.
- Reading classrooms will receive a mounted TV, SVGA signal converter and
VCR plus dyslexia software.
- ROTC classrooms will receive one desktop computer system, a mounted TV,
SVGA signal converter and VCR and necessary cabling and furniture.
- Science classrooms will receive a mounted video projection system and VCR,
Lab Pro probeware and sensors.
- Social Studies classrooms will be brought to a standard of six desktop computer
systems, mounted video projection system and VCR and necessary cabling and
furniture.
- Speech classrooms will receive four desktop computer systems, mounted video
projection system and VCR, video camera with tripod and CD/cassette recorder
and necessary cabling and furniture.
- Technology Education Computer Applications classrooms will receive eight
19" monitors, mounted TV, SVGA signal converter and VCR and networked
color printer.
- Technology Applications classrooms will consist of a new lab of 25 "enhanced"
desktop computer systems, mounted video projection system and VCR, flatbed
scanner, video camera, digital camera, networked color inkjet printer and
laser printer and necessary cabling and furniture.
- Theater classrooms will receive a mounted video projection system and VCR,
video camera with tripod and Elmo video image display (VID) device.
- Any additional classrooms not configured as above will receive a mounted
TV, SVGA signal converter and VCR.
- Each high school will receive ten additional digital cameras, laser printers
as necessary to reach the standard classrooms/printer ratio, and up to two
flatbed scanners as needed.
- All high school campuses will be affected as part of the overall replacement
plan for technology equipment.
- Review typical equipment configurations.
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