I sent my son to Hagley Community College for reasons other than this, but
it was a pleasant surprise to find it on their website.

Miles has met the head computing honcho, and will hopefully have more
contact to come.

http://computing.hagley.school.nz/about/opensource

"About the College of Computing
Open Source

Our belief is that at secondary level students should be learning the
fundamental skills of what a computer is and how and when it is
appropriate to use them. We feel it is also important that students learn
to evaluate software (and hardware) based on its performance in real and
practical situations and its availability to people. To this end we use
software that has been released under an open license and is freely
available to use, distribute and alter.
Operating Systems

In 2007 the College of Computing moved to a dual boot environment for all
workstations consisting of Microsoft Windows XP and Linux Ubuntu to allow
students to explore and evaluate these operating systems. The addition of
Ubuntu opens up a range of teaching and learning opportunities and the
open source nature of the operating system means students are able to
install Ubuntu on their own machines without the concern of license fees.
Applications

The majority of software used during project work is open source for two
key reasons:
1. Learning opportunities

Students have often used proprietary software before and the use of open
source introduces them to something new. They are asked to find solutions
to both the project brief and the tools used which, we feel is closer to
the realities of a small business in action.
2. License Costs

Open source software has allowed us to provide tools for the students that
they can continue to use when they leave school without the need to pay
licensing costs. We want them to make decisions about the tools they use
based on performance and not on price."

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