The State of Washington has a planning and design process for school facilities. It is tied to funding and includes a number of elements designed to ensure a quality process and, hopefully, a better school both in terms of program delivery and cost effectiveness of construction and operation. The complete plan can be found on the Washington OSPI web site at: http://www.k12.wa.us/facilities/
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The Register reports that the Microsoft Annual Subscription Licensing scheme for schools requires the purchase of Microsoft licenses for all computers at a school — regardless of whether or not the computers can even run Windows! Microsoft explains that they must have an “institutional commitment.” Please read the article here and also take a look at an alternative to the Microsoft yoke.
Michael Williams, Network Technology Director of Haywood County Schools is says:
“With the money we saved from not buying proprietary licenses, the school district purchased additional resources that directly effected the learning experience of our students and brought us into the 21st century.”
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