Network
Neighborhood:
Serving
a coastal North Carolina community, the Carteret County
Public School System is an example of a school system that
launched an educational technology rocket ship. In
1995, the community
overwhelmingly supported a 29 million dollar bond referendum that included 6.25 million dollars for
technology.
This resulted in
the addition of 2-3 computers per K-8 classroom, 1-2
computers per 9-12 classroom, and computer labs and local
area networks in all schools.
Purchase of this amount of hardware necessitated a
massive staff development agenda, which in turn pushed the
agenda for human infrastructure in technology.
Today, the Carteret County Public School System is
recognized as being on the forefront of system-wide
deployment and integration of educational technology to
enhance teaching and learning in a
K-12 setting.
This year, our challenge
as educators and responsibility as stewards is to maintain our
forward progress and academic success with educational technology.
The breakdown of key
assets and info this year is as follows:
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