2 AREA SCHOOLS PLAN HIGH-TECH UPGRADE.Byline: Karen Karen Any member of a variety of tribal peoples of southern Myanmar (Burma). Constituting the second largest minority in Myanmar, the Karen are not a unitary group in any ethnic sense, as they differ among themselves linguistically, religiously, and economically. Maeshiro Daily News Staff Writer Computers, printers, computer wiring and locks that prevent computers from being stolen are among the items on which two Palmdale School District The Palmdale School District is a school district that serves a major part of the city of Palmdale, California (USA). The Palmdale School District was first formed in 1888. Approximately 28,000 students are enrolled in the Palmdale School District. campuses want to spend more than $159,000. Mesa Intermediate School has received $108,719 and Tamarisk tamarisk (tăm`ərĭsk), shrub or small tree of the genus Tamarix, native chiefly to the Mediterranean area and to central Asia. The plants are often heathlike and thrive in arid and coastal regions. School about $50,400 from a state allocation The apportionment or designation of an item for a specific purpose or to a particular place. In the law of trusts, the allocation of cash dividends earned by a stock that makes up the principal of a trust for a beneficiary usually means that the dividends will be treated as earmarked for improving instructional programs. ``They are one-time funds from the state that they're giving to schools based on their attendance,'' Tamarisk Principal Paul Nakabayashi said. ``We'll spend it on computers and the support equipment that goes with it.'' The Palmdale board of trustees board of trustees Politics The posse of thugs who oversee an institution's administration. See Board of directors. will discuss the proposed allocations at its meeting at 7:30 p.m. tonight at the district offices, 39139-49 10th St. E. With suggestions from school staff and its school site council, Mesa Intermediate is recommending wiring the entire school for computer use, extending computers into classrooms, updating library technology, purchasing new two-way radios A voice network that provides an always-on connection enabling the user to just "push the button and talk." Also called "dispatch radio," two-way radio has traditionally been used by police, fire, taxi and other mobile fleets. , and purchasing video-editing equipment. At Tamarisk, the school site council has recommended spending the money to buy 14 computers, 16 printers, 14 tables and 14 ``lockdown Lockdown A specified period when an employee of a public company is barred from selling - and occasionally buying - their company's stock. Notes: These types of equity transaction restrictions can be imposed by securities regulators or underwriting firms if a company has devices.'' ``In order to protect computers from being stolen, they are locked down on the computer tables,'' Nakabayashi said. ``It makes stealing them really tough.'' The school also wants to use the money to purchase a copying machine and to pay a fee to load the computers with programs. Nakabayashi said there's a big push to introduce technology in schools, coming from federal, state and district officials. ``They want to get computers in every classroom. The cost is tremendous for infrastructure,'' Nakabayashi said. Buying 14 new computers would bring the total number of computers at the 800-student school to 44, Nakabayashi said. The decision on how to spend the money was arrived at through discussion with parents and staff, Nakabayashi said. |
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