[Vision2020] Perhaps the MSD should follow the Cd'A school district's example

[Sue Hovey]

Well, Wayne,  you went to school in Idaho, so I'm thinking there must be some other cause and effect at work. Perhaps not all the costs are laid out here.  

Sue H 

Sent from my iPad Sue Hovey

On Jul 31, 2013, at 2:35 PM, Wayne Price <bear at moscow.com> wrote:

> Unfortunately, you must have gone to school in Idaho, the math doesn't work out to $6,000.00 !
> $278,000.00  divided by 17 schools is  $16, 352.94
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> And I'd be against any plan where a school district gets bogged down owning  Wi-FI equipment that is out of date by the time it gets installed.
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> Wayne
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> On Jul 31, 2013, at 2:12 PM, Tom Hansen wrote:
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>> The Ednetics option is less expensive, more reliable, and (DAMMIT!) they're local.
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>> Courtesy of today's (July 31, 2013) Spokesman-Review.
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>> CdA schools to pass on statewide Wi-Fi contract
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>> The Coeur d’Alene School District has announced that it’s selected Ednetics, a Post Falls firm, to provide Wi-Fi service districtwide, including all 17 schools, rather than sign onto a controversial statewide high school Wi-Fi contract signed last week by state Superintendent of Schools Tom Luna with a Nashville firm.
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>> The $278,000 deal with Ednetics is up for final school board approval on Monday, but it’s been long in the works. It’s part of a bond issue voters approved last August.
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>> Wendell Wardell, chief operating officer for the district, said Tuesday that the district wanted one platform for all its schools, not two; it wanted local support for the products; and it wanted a “sturdy system” that could be up and running as soon as possible. He said the Ednetics network will be higher-powered than what the state’s offering; it’ll cost much less; and it’ll be “online and running by Nov. 1.”
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>> Plus, Wardell said, “We’ll own the equipment, as opposed to a vendor owning the equipment and having it reside in our buildings. We didn’t feel comfortable with that.”
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>> When he compared costs between the state network and the Ednetics network for Coeur d’Alene’s three high schools, Wardell said, he found that service from Ednetics would cost less than $6,000 per high school, while the state contract’s costs could be around $23,000 per school.
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>> School districts have until midnight Thursday to decide whether to opt into the statewide contract. “We’ve got a better system,” Wardell said. “We’ve got a better mousetrap, and we’re pretty excited about it.”
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>> Ednetics
>> http://www.ednetics.com/
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>> Seeya 'round town, Moscow, because . . .
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>> "Moscow Cares" (the most fun you can have with your pants on)
>> http://www.MoscowCares.com
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>> Tom Hansen
>> Moscow, Idaho
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>> "There's room at the top they are telling you still 
>> But first you must learn how to smile as you kill 
>> If you want to be like the folks on the hill."
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>> - John Lennon
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