Updates and Pondering the Issues of Capital Building in Seattle Schools
Went to the BEX Oversight Committee meeting this morning. In terms of notable people at the meeting, Director Sharon Peaslee was there, Lead Counsel Ron English was not. Issues mentioned/discussed - Seems to be some kind of portable placement issue for Blaine and Laurelhurst . No specifics given. - Only $1M for technology left in BEX IV . Head of Technology, Carmen Rahm, gave a presentation where he noted that 75% of SPS schools don't have wireless. But he repeated, again and again, that for the here and now, you still need "wired" buildings for all kinds of reasons. Meaning, to have a totally "wireless" building for technology is not the desired outcome. There was this interesting back-and-forth with Director Peaslee and Mr. Rahm over smartboards. She was under the impression that they were $10K apiece. He said no, you could get 5-6 of them for $10K. I looked this up and it really depends on what you want to spend. But the total ...