Urban school systems that are lagging behind on Y2Kgreenspun.com : LUSENET : TimeBomb 2000 (Y2000) : One Thread |
Slide #11 of the GAO's September report on 25 large school districts listed the following school systems as reporting that they will not be "Y2K ready" until after November 30th. I could see rural school systems being at even greater risk, but some urban school systems are lagging on Y2K as well...http://www.gao.gov/corresp/ai99296r.pdf
Philadelphia City School District
Houston Independent School District
Clark County School District [Las Vegas]
Prince George's County Public Schools
Memphis City School District
Milwaukee Public Schools
Orleans Parish School Board
Cleveland City School District
Granite School District [Salt Lake City]
-- Linkmeister (link@librarian.edu), November 14, 1999
Also see this article..."Y2K Closing 1,000 Schools"
http://currents.net/newstoday/99/10/28/news15.html
-- Linkmeister (link@librarian.edu), November 14, 1999.
Humm.Reassign the kids to boy & girl scout troops and have them do volunteer internships helping the vulnerable populations... homebound, elderly, etc. Good lessons to be learned.
(Assuming they don't join that group as well.)
Diane
-- Diane J. Squire (sacredspaces@yahoo.com), November 14, 1999.