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knitter4democracy

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5. It's not just connections to the internet. It's a serious upgrade.

Reply to HiPointDem (Original post)

Sun Feb 24, 2013, 02:57 PM

Feb 2013

Schools have to have faster wifi, better graphics cards, you name it. Older computers that are connected to the internet don't work with the new test. Our district is getting a massive upgrade in wifi capability this summer, new cable, you name it (hopefully--if all the money goes through), and that still won't get us ready for the test. We need all kinds of new computers (only one lab works with the new test--the main lab, the library, and the laptops on the carts don't work at all).

This whole thing is a scam to get taxpayer money into private pockets.

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