What We Did
This Summer!

A Whirlwind Video Tour of Building and Improvement Projects Throughout the District with Bob White

Buildings and Grounds invested over $2.2 million in plant improvements throughout the District, and it's usually summer when most of this work gets done. New cabinets, renovated classrooms, new parking lots and playgrounds, the list is long and impressive. Below are the buttons to click for the appropriate video for your connection.

Click on the button for your connection speed. The turtle is for slow connections like phone modems, the rabbit for cable modems and high speed DSL, and the Rocket is for high speed networks.

Bob White, Manager of Buildings and Grounds, accomplanied us on a whirlwind tour of the district (he drove, thank goodness... he knows all the good shortcuts), and we had our camera crew from Clarke College's Basic Video and Audio Class with camera and sound equipment. In three hours we saw most of where $2.2 million was invested to improve the safety, productivity, and longevity of our school facilities for years to come.

Bob was so much fun on this trip, we promised that we would do this every year. What a great way to communicate with the public.

Instructions For Those Outside of Our School Network (The General Public)

We are now providing a choice of RealPlayer applications for you to download and install on your computer to enable you to view the video and audio files. One is RealPlayer8 and the other is RealOne Player, which is an excellent player with many new features. It's easy to install, so just follow the on-screen steps. You will be required to register with Real.com, but these are free software applications (there are versions you can pay for if you choose, but they are not necessary for basic viewing and listening).

Which Player is Best for Me?

Of the two types of free players available, RealPlayer 8 is the traditional player that is free and will work beautifully to access Web based multimedia files from our site. There is also a new player available, which is also free, called RealONE. Either player will probably work for your operating system. If your system is older (Windows 95, NT), however, you may want to use the RealPlayer 8 software. If you are running a newer, faster system like Windows 98, ME, XP, or 2000, go for the RealOne player.

Macintosh Owners:

You can get a RealPlayer for Macintosh, Visit Real.com to download their free player options. Remember, look for the FREE players. They are sometimes difficult to find on their Web site.

Oh, and one more thing... sometimes when you click on a sound or video file in our Web site with the RealPlayer installed, you get a little commercial window that pops up on your desktop. It's annoying, but a small price to pay for the privilege of having the free RealPlayer on your system. Just click it off, and it will disappear.
Instructions For Machines on our School Network (Teachers and Staff)
We are recommending (and IT is supporting) RealPlayer8. This is for ALL computers on our network (in all school and administration buildings throughout the District). This includes all Windows 2000 machines. Click here to get the free player from our network server. If you do not have administrative priveleges, please call your building media specialist to help you.

 

Gary Olsen with Bob White

The Audubon renovation represented over $900,000.

Beautiful cabinetry completes the rennovated and expanded nurse's station at Lincoln Elementary, greatly improving that facility. Photo at right features more cabinetry and laminated counters designed, fabricated and installed by our carpenters.

Gary and Bob at Eisenhower which received a newly resurfaced playground area and parking lot.

The teachers are delighted with the newly renovated and expanded home economics area at Washington Junior High.

Locker room at Washington.

Always on call, Bob takes the phone at Lincoln's new administrative office.

On the newly resurfaced track at Senior High. Hempstead also got a new track this year.

  

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