At a party last weekend, I was told by a parent that the Minneapolis School District had eliminated all tech support for its Apple Macintosh computers as part of its recent budget cuts.
Can a knowledgeable list member confirm or deny this? If true, it would IMHO be the very definition of false economy. This raises the larger question, addressed to the school board candidates, of the district's information technology policies. Nationwide, there has been a trend to "standardize" computers on the Microsoft Windows platform in education. I am curious if the District has a policy to standardize on Windows, and where the various candidates stand on the issue. I don't want to attach more importance to this issue than it deserves - teachers teach students, not computers, and the platform question is even one more step removed. And I'm sure I'm giving our esteemed List Manager a Maalox moment by potentially introducing the mother of all flame wars -- Mac v. PC -- to the Mpls Issues list. Nonetheless, inquiring minds want to know: what is the District's current policy on desktop operating systems (if it has one), and where do the school board candidates stand on the issue? Thanks Greg Abbott ------------------- Greg Abbott Linden Hills 13th Ward ------------------- _______________________________________ Minneapolis Issues Forum - A Civil City Civic Discussion - Mn E-Democracy Post messages to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscribe, Unsubscribe, Digest option, and more: http://e-democracy.org/mpls
