[ale] Open Source in schools

[Mike Millson]

James,

I would like to help with this. It's not a great week for work, as my
father is visiting me, so I'm spending a lot of time out of the office,
but I will do what I can.

I know Brad Bryant, the school board member who represents the Northlake
area. He may have a copy of the budge, and if not would know who to
contact. Today is a a bad day to reach him, as he is resigning from the
board and accepting a position on the state school board, but I'm sure
he would return my call when he can.

Let me know what I can do to help. Give me a call if you want to
discuss.
Mike Millson
770.414.8834 

On Thu, 2003-04-10 at 09:13, James P. Kinney III wrote:
> Ladies and Gentlemen,
> 
> We have an opportunity to possibly affect the DeKalb County school
> system's purchasing. There is an open hearing on the school system's
> budget. There are two meetings scheduled. One is for April 16 the other
> is for April 30. 
> 
> After the fiasco of the DoJ vs. Microsoft, RedHat offered up a better
> solution than the Redmond remedy,
>  http://www.redhat.com/about/presscenter/press/2001/press_usschools/
> 
> I know there are others on this list that would argue for distro X or Y
> or Z, and those arguments have merit.
> 
> But RedHat made the offer (not SUSE, not Mandrake, not Slackware or any
> others), they are financially in pretty good shape, and they have name
> recognition outside the geek realms of LUGs. 
> 
> I will be getting a copy of the budget from the school system and
> digging out the IT license line item. I will also be contacting RedHat
> to make arrangement to get a document offering the package to DeKalb
> County Schools as per their public offer in the URL above.
> 
> If anyone is willing to pitch-in on this, please contact me ASAP as time
> is short and I also have to work.
> 
> Also, this group has talked often about getting a school going on Linux.
> I have, unfortunately, been unable to attend the school-Linux sessions
> that occurred in Kennesaw. I am asking for the assistance of that group
> of Linux'ers in a vague way to perhaps manage to provide some admin
> assistance to the school system in setting up this process. I'm not sure
> how to put it, but I know that the schools will need help. Half the PC's
> in my daughters middle school are offline at any given time due to
> software problems. I know a Linux kiosk computer setup would solve that
> problem.
> 
> Also, if there are any DeKalb County residents (i.e. TAXPAYERS!) who
> would like to see their property tax better spent in the schools, please
> attend the meetings.
> 
> April 16 7:30 pm
> DeKalb High School of Technology south campus
> 3303 Panthersville Rd. Decatur
> 
> April 30 7:30 pm
> Georgia Perimeter College central campus
> Jim Cherry Learning Resources Auditorium
> 555 North Indian Creek Dr. Clarkston
> 
> The budget is expected to be approved by the school board at the second
> meeting. So the first meeting is the crucial one to get the gears
> spinning. 

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