Re: [PLUG] Community Service Project (Devil's advocate)

["Arthur S. Alexion" <arthur@alexion.com>]

Paul wrote:

> George Gallen wrote:
>
> > Very few games would run on these machines, but games
> > I mean educational type games (Jumpstart, etc.) which
> > could be borrowed from libraries and/or schools. As well
> > what kind of computer system does the school system in
> > Chester Co use? Do they require a windows type machine
> > for any software that the techers might be handing out
> > to supplement their textbooks?
>
> Very good point.  Dual boot?  Give the kids something that M$ would 
> never give them--a choice.  There is a lot of Open Source and free 
> software available which run under M$ Windows.

Do you think the hard drives of these older computers -- probably under 
4 GB -- have room for dual boot?

Anyway, George, Chester is in Delaware County.  County government has 
nothing to do with school governance.  Certain goals and requirements 
are set by the state (180 day minimum year, Standards for graduation, 
etc.) while the details (and equipment acquisitions are done at the 
local, school board level (school districts usually mirror municipal 
boundaries, with some exceptions).  Chester-Upland is one of the most 
underserved districts in the state.  It is the first district taken over 
by the state for inept administration, several years before 
Philadelphia.  Before that, the federal courts were administering it, 
the problems had gotten so bad.  I think Jon's goal is large enough that 
the district will use what Jon gives it to use.

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