Exit Slip, 2.19.09

Re: Steve Langford

Steve's dilemma is widespread among districts, I imagine. Fortunately, our district is a better place, for the time being. Four or five years ago, however, our administrative team was frustrated with the state of technology in our district - equity among buildings and out-of-date equipment - and we decided that it was time to make technology a top priority. The decision was made to create a 5-year roll-out plan of new computers. In only three years we have been able to replace every computer and with the tech budget in years 4 and 5 we have focused purchases on software, Promethean Activboards, and training. Of course, in light of current budget cuts, we will likely see this tech plan revised. We will likely have to make do with what we have for some time. For our district to achieve this success we had to make tech a high priority.