Ambitions for bond money go beyond high-speed computers at Dexter Schools

Dexter Schools officials are pushing for bond money to help vault the district’s classrooms to the head of the technology curve.

 

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If the upcoming school bond renewal could be categorized by a dominant theme, it would probably be technology.

 

That alone accounts for more than 25 percent of the overall outlay of the $47.9 million.

More than $12.6 million will be invested into network infrastructure upgrades that the district hopes will translate into meeting the greater demands throughout the six school buildings, and potentially an additional school built in the future.

 

That money will also be spent on “remodeled classrooms” or the “classroom of tomorrow,” as it has been called in the past.

 

These multimedia-networked classrooms will be designed to streamline communication between student and teacher, as well as provide new tools for teaching and learning.

 

Parents in the district who know how important technology is are in favor of the bond, according to Joe Nowak, owner of Absolute Computer Services on Main Street.

 

Nowak has a daughter who will be in kindergarten next year and a son who will be in third grade, and he wants them to be exposed to computers at school as well as at home.

 

“The computer nowadays is kind of like a telephone,” Nowak said. “It is a social tool as well as an educational tool. Homework assignments are online a lot nowadays, and from what I understand it’s kind of tough to do your homework and take tests without an opportunity to use the computer and other different types of technology in school.”

 

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