No Money No Plan

Keyvin Deleon, International Studies Academy, Wat it do, ISA? (Fall 2006):

SFUSD, on April 30, 2001, passed up $50 million in e-Rate funds. E-Rate is a company that provides internet. This company is supposed to provide cheap Internet connection. This could have been a $50 million fund in telecommunications. The computers at our school are 7 years old and the most recent ones are 1 year old.

When these Dell computers were bought they were $800 each. This school does not have any plans on buying any new computers at any time soon. Also the school does not have any money for computers so if there is no money there is no plan. Some internet sights are blocked because the district is in control of the internet. The district has Internet sights blocked because the people using the computers get distracted and use the Internet instead of doing their work. Also the Internet is slow because the district equipment is old and we might need new equipment. Everything also goes through the district. Another reason for blocking out Internet sights is no distractions to academics, serious class work and no Myspace games or pornography.

Keyvin Deleon interviewed school Librarian Mr. Rick for this article.