Michigan Schools from Ann Arbor to DeWitt are looking for ways to stretch their budgets, meet national accountability standards, and still provide children with practical skills for the futures. The ways different districts of Michigan Schools are approaching this dilemma are as varied as the schools themselves. From sharing classroom space to outsourcing work, the job of running a public school system the size of Michigan Schools is changing with the times.
FREE TECHNOLOGY FOR MICHIGAN SCHOOLS
Every year each district in the Michigan Schools must dip into their operational budget to pay licensing fees for district computers to use the Microsoft Office applications. Last year that cost each Michigan Schools district about $24,000; a price tag that is expected to double for the upcoming school year. DeWitt Public Schools has found a way around that. Microsofts http://OpenOffice.org Project allows a district to download the entire software for free. All Michigan Schools can take advantage of this cost savings and install the application on all computers, as well as in the students homes.
DeWitt Schools Superintendent Tina Templin says that, Our students...
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