Newton North High's Mac Lab

[Jeff Campbell]

<div class='os_post_top_link'><a href='http://www.cultofmac.com/macs-teach-many-lessons-at-newton-north-high-school-apple-in-education/68197' target='_blank'>http://www.cultofmac.com/macs-teach...education/68197</a><br /><br /></div><p><em>"When Newton North High School in Newton, MA was rebuilt recently as a new, state of the art facility, a primary goal was to teach students information literacy using current technology. With a generous budget and the opportunity to start fresh, the result is a school with five Mac-based computing labs, over 130 new iMacs, and a library that rivals one found at many colleges."</em></p><p>&nbsp;</p><p><img src="http://images.thoughtsmedia.com/resizer/thumbs/size/600/at/auto/1289925342.usr105634.jpg" style="border: 1px solid #d2d2bb;" /></p><p>This is an impressive setup. The article goes on to describe how they did it, as well as the challenges involved with some of the mixing and matching of old and new (500 total machines), as well as making it a learning experience for the students.</p>

[Jon Childs]

While it does seem like a nice setup, but the high school cost 200 million, 80% of which was paid for by people in MA outside of Newton (like me). I think if I am picking up the tab and not getting any benefit they could have saved some money and gone with Dell. It was quite a controversial building in these parts.