$1.79 million helps broadband initiative
Published: Tue, Nov. 18, 2008 12:30AM
Modified Tue, Nov. 18, 2008 05:44AM
E-Mail
Print
tool name
closeRALEIGH -- Thirteen school systems in the Triangle and surrounding area received a combined $1.79 million as part of the N.C. School Connectivity Initiative this year, Gov.-elect Beverly Perdue announced Monday.
The money, part of a statewide, two-year allocation totaling $22 million, will be used to connect schools to the N.C. Research and Education network, a statewide broadband network that links schools to the UNC and N.C. Community College systems online.
Once complete, all schools in North Carolina's 100 counties will have access to online services and resources, including the N.C. Virtual Public Schools and the Learn and Earn online program. Here are the allocations for school districts in the Triangle and surrounding counties:
More Education
* Wake County, $620,845.
* Durham County, $174,070.
* Orange County, $136,506.
* Chapel Hill-Carrboro, $76,543.
* Johnston County, $210,722.
* Chatham County, $95,880.
* Franklin County, $18,495.
* Harnett County, $157,299.
* Lee County, $153,681.
Money for the initiative was provided by a partnership between state government and the Golden Leaf Foundation.
Money is distributed based on the needs of each school system, with the goal of providing equipment, engineering support and software needed for those schools.
Get it all with convenient home delivery of The News & Observer.
The News & Observer is pleased to be able to offer its users the opportunity to make comments and hold conversations online. However, the interactive nature of the internet makes it impracticable for our staff to monitor each and every posting.
Since The News & Observer does not control user submitted statements, we cannot promise that readers will not occasionally find offensive or inaccurate comments posted on our website. In addition, we remind anyone interested in making an online comment that responsibility for statements posted lies with the person submitting the comment, not The News and Observer.
If you find a comment offensive, clicking on the exclamation icon will flag the comment for review by the administrators, we are counting on the good judgment of all our readers to help us.
