Re: [school-discuss] We did it!

["Saunalahti" <pohalone@xxxxxx>]

Dear K12LTSP users,

I'd like to inform you about a successful implementation of LTSP in 
secondary (grades 7-9) and upper secondary (grades 10-12) schools of Vihti 
Finland. I think the first time in Finland we also combined LTSP and Windows 
into the same system using WinLin.

Rgrds,

:-)ilpo
Ilpo Halonen
teacher, ICT trainer, networks coordinator



----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Jason Qualkenbush" <jasonq@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <schoolforge-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Friday, January 20, 2006 3:18 AM
Subject: Re: [school-discuss] We did it!


> Daniel Howard wrote:
>
> > Dear K12LTSP enthusiasts,
> >
> > After much consternation, including demands early on to remove Linux from 
> > our elementary school, I'm happy to report that our school district
> > technology leadership has not only approved our efforts of deploying
> > K12LTSP in our elementary school, but actually said they'd like to do a
> > formal evaluation of the technology and it's implications for the broader 
> > system.  This is nothing short of a seachange in their attitude
> > towards Linux.
> >
> > My thanks, on behalf of my daughter's elementary school, go out to the
> > K12LTSP community, without whose resources we could never have made such
> > a monumental change in the computers at our school.  For those who have
> > volunteered their time and effort in making K12LTSP successful, I can
> > think of no greater reward than what has happened at our school: the
> > computers all work now; teachers that didn't want any new computers are 
> > now asking for one for every student; teachers are finally using
> > computers to enhance the curriculum; and so on.  Bravo K12LTSP community!
> >
> > Best regards,
> > Daniel
>
>
> What part of the country did this happen in?   I'm in New England and I 
> don't hear of many K-12 schools in the area making the switch.
>
> -Jason