R-9 Schools Going High Tech.

Assistant School Superintendent Larry Linn reported during the R-9 School Board meeting Monday night that improvements to the Junior and Senior High heating and air conditioning systems continues on schedule. He also said that preliminary plans for a computer lab on the fourth floor of the high school have been developed and grant funding will underwrite a portion of the project.

Curriculum Director Gary Reed reported that the installation of the Junior High Career Technology Lab and the You-Turn School network has been completed. The district now has 600 networkable computers and 16 separate Novell networks. Reed says that specifications for a fiber optic access system are being developed that will allow all schools in the district to be linked. The district wide network could carry data, video, and telephone transmissions with transfer speeds of up to one gigabyte per second.

Technology Coordinator Cindy Rogers is planning to conduct a summer computer in-service session for R-9 teachers.

Just Jake Talkin'
Mornin',

So far I’ve lost all battles of the strawberry war. The score so far is varmints 3, me none. The critters don’t even have the decency just to eat the plant and get it over with. Instead, they wait until just a day before ripeness and eat just the red portion of the immature fruit. Drives me nuts.

A fortress of old screen doors is bein’ planned and construction should begin soon.

I haven’t actually seen the scavengers committin’ their evil deed, but have watched as that pair of feathered reconnaissance operators carefully tested the defenses. They may be entirely innocent, but they look like pretty shady characters from my vantage point on the porch swing. My first hope, the cat, has no interest in guardin’ the garden. Or, maybe it has seen the enemy. Strawberry snatchin’ must be a terrible, scary thing to witness.

This is some fact, but mostly,

Just Jake Talkin’.

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