[Vision2020] Computer contract over estimate

[Tom Hansen]

Give him a break, Dr. J.

Luna got his degree online.  He is a product of an online education . . . what Idaho students can anticipate becoming if this disease is not cured on November 6th.

Seeya at the polls, Moscow, because . . .

"Moscow Cares"
http://www.MoscowCares.com
  
Tom Hansen
Moscow, Idaho

"We're a town of about 23,000 with 10,000 college students.  The college students are not very active in local elections (thank goodness!)."

- Dale Courtney (March 28, 2007)


 

On Oct 27, 2012, at 9:50 AM, Joe Campbell <philosopher.joe at gmail.com> wrote:

> Essentially the Idaho Superintendent of Public Instruction cannot add.
> 
> On Oct 27, 2012, at 9:13 AM, Ron Force <rforce2003 at yahoo.com> wrote:
> 
>> $180 Million Contract Divides Lawmakers
>> 
>> The Associated Press
>> BOISE, IDAHO — The eight-year, $180 million pact with Hewlett-Packard Co. for laptops required under public schools chief Tom Luna's education overhaul is dividing Idaho's Republican lawmakers.
>> Rep. Lynn Luker of Boise said Friday during a meeting inside the Capitol the price was "double pretty much what we anticipated."
>> Sen. John Goedde of Coeur d'Alene countered it's only 10 percent above estimates.
>> Who's right?
>> In 2011, Luna estimated the five-year cost at $70.8 million, or $14.6 million annually.
>> For the first five years of the actual H-P contract, the cost is $82 million, about 16 percent higher, conceded Luna spokeswoman Melissa McGrath.
>> And over eight years, the average annual cost runs $22.5 million, well over Luna's estimate when calculated yearly.
>> Voters weigh in on the computers and Luna's additional education changes Nov. 6.
>> 
>> Read more here: http://www.idahostatesman.com/2012/10/27/2325238/180m-computer-contract-divides.html#storylink=cpy
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