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   Here’s my plan: In April, we start sending you emails that you forward to your staff, and they run the install. It’s really that easy. Which makes me realize that something horrible will go wrong.  Please recall that Tranquility is NOT compatible with 2007. Tranquility has one year left on it, and they’ll move to something new.     o  Cyber-Safety resources are coming along—thanks for your feedback. Brian H from Options reports great success with Mike Harris, expert from Jeffco who has 78 arrests in 07 on cyber-predators. Let me know if I can put you in touch with him—he’s good.    We will not, in all likelihood, be holding a tech election in Fall 08. Still your hard work has helped shape the future of LPS. We’re hoping the stars align better in 09.  <span style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Cambria','serif'; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin">One final note: Dan, Mark, and I have been gathering examples of creative, thoughtful student work to share with the LPS Foundation, and there was a mountain of examples to choose from, and you all had facilitated it. Whether it was student multi-media productions, or teachers’ blogs, or podcasts from a Spanish class, or video conferences with folks from around the world, or putting together computer labs on a shoestring budget to give kids extra math help, or integrating electronic curriculum, we had so many positive experiences to choose from. It reminds me of what a talented and hard working group of folks I have the pleasure of working with. Thank you! <span style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Cambria','serif'; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin"> <span style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Cambria','serif'; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin">Next meeting TBD, but in early April. It will be all-LPS. A party for early May, and our year will draw to a close. How did that happen? ;-) <span style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Cambria','serif'; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin"> <span style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 115%; FONT-FAMILY: 'Cambria','serif'; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin">
 * <span style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Cambria','serif'; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin">Good News:
 * <span style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Cambria','serif'; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin">Fileway—web based access for staff to their H drives. Yes, teachers/staff can get files at home from the server. Spring deployment. Very cool, very easy to learn. We’re still on schedule for this.
 * <span style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Cambria','serif'; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin">Pentium II are no longer licensed for MS; still licensed for anti-virus. Your books have been updated, esp. AHS.
 * <span style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Cambria','serif'; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin">More Office 2007 disks went out—give to staff as you see fit. See attached documents. Don't forget our "First Look" classes run by Randy and Dana.
 * **<span style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Cambria','serif'; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin">The Disks are NOT the file to install on LPS machines. We have built a server –based .msi file that eliminates 2003, and sets the save as default to a 2003 compatible version, .doc, .ppt., etc. The server install is literally click it and walk away. It takes about 15-20 minutes per machine **<span style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Cambria','serif'; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin">.
 * <span style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Cambria','serif'; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin">eeePc is going very well with HHS. Small footprint, battery life as advertised. The Open Office works great with 2003 Office. Yes keyboard is smallish, but kids seem to adapt pretty quick. Print option TBD. Fileway, in my mind, makes this a more viable alternative.
 * <span style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Cambria','serif'; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin">The option for staff replacement laptops (summer refresh) is viable—schools need to pick up the roughly 115$ to change from a Dell desktop to a laptop. Please talk to principals and staff to see if that’s of interest. Laptop model will be Latitude D531.
 * <span style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Cambria','serif'; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin">Database purchase coming from LPS for libraries. That should save the schools some $$$.
 * <span style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Cambria','serif'; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin">Bad News:
 * <span style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Cambria','serif'; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin">No more UnitedStreaming money for projectors.—if you recall, some schools were getting a handful of carts and projectors.
 * <span style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Cambria','serif'; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin">Your refresh numbers are down approximately two machines for high schools, and one machine per MS. That’s a worst case scenario. Numbers could go up if Dell does some price cutting, or lease rates drop.
 * <span style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Cambria','serif'; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin">Election News: