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13.) Does your Administrative Building/District Office(s) have access to the Internet?

 

 

Districts

Percent

Yes

435

93%

No

21

5%

No Response

13

3%

 

14.) Who is your Internet service provider?

 

Districts

Percent

MOREnet

405

86%

Other

47

10%

See Appendix for listing

15.) Do the Administrative Building/District Office(s) have a direct link?

 

 

Districts

Percent

Yes

321

68%

No

96

21%

No Response

52

11%

If yes, what is the bandwidth capacity? (Check All that Apply)

 

Districts

Percent

T1

233

50%

56Kb

112

24%

Cable Modem

9

2%

 

16.) Do the Administrative Building/District Office(s) have a dial-up link?

 

 

Districts

Percent

Yes

143

31%

No

283

60%

No Response

43

9%

If yes, how many modems and dial-up lines are there?

14.4bps modems

28 districts with a total of 35 modems

28.8bps modems

79 districts with a total of 235 modems

#of dial-up lines

115 districts with a total of 336 lines

 

17.) If the Administrative Building/District Office(s) use a dial-up link, to where are they dialing?

(Check ALL that apply)

 

 

Districts

Percent

District

42

9%

MOREnet

63

13%

Commercial

41

9%

Other (Please Specify)

20

4%

See Appendix for listing

 

 

 

18.) Do the Administrative Building/District Office(s) have a LAN (local area network)?

 

 

Districts

Percent

Yes

360

77%

No

90

19%

No Response

19

4%

If yes,

A. How many computers are connected to the LAN? 10,187 average=19 std=45

B. What operating system does your server(s) use? (Check ALL that apply) and indicate how many.

Type of System

Districts

Percent

Number of Operating Systems

UNIX

9

2%

23

Windows NT

70

15%

409

Apple Share

23

5%

342

NOVELL

272

58%

2,154

LANtastic

14

3%

27

Other (Please Specify)

23

5%

 

District has at least 1 Computer Connected to the Internet in the Administrative Building/District Office

 

Districts that have:

Total # of Districts

Districts with 1 Computer
Connected

Percent of

Total

Size of District

     

1-200 Students

80

57

71%

201-400 Students

107

88

82%

401-800 Students

122

96

79%

801-2000 Students

113

95

84%

2001-6000 Students

74

64

86%

6001 or More Students

28

25

89%

       

Free and Reduced Lunch

     

Less than 25%

88

70

80%

25% to 50%

283

236

83%

51% or More

153

119

78%

       

Geographic Location

     

Large City

6

6

100%

Mid-Size City

7

7

100%

UF of Large City

61

50

82%

UF of Mid-Size City

11

10

91%

Large Town

4

3

75%

Small Town

94

77

82%

Rural Metro

63

50

79%

Rural Non-Metro

278

222

80%

21.) Does your Administrative Building/District Office(s) have at least one office equipped for two-way interactive video/audio communications with other locations?

 

 

Districts

Percent

Yes

24

5%

No

429

92%

No Response

16

3%

A. If YES, (Check ALL that apply) 12 = 3% Full-Motion Video Capability 7 = 2% Compressed Video Capability

B. If YES, how many of the following video links are there in your district buildings?

One-way Video w/Two-way Audio or PC link: 6 = 1% Two-way Video and Audio: 10 = 2%

 

22.) Does your DISTRICT require parents’ signatures before students can access the Internet?

 

 

Districts

Percent

Yes

370

79%

No

83

18%

No Response

16

3%

 

23.) What proportion of your students have signed Internet acceptable use policies?

 

 

Districts

Percent

None of the Students

99

19%

Less than 50%

117

22%

50% to 99%

198

37%

100%

45

9%

On average about 48% of students have signed an AUP.

 
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