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Re: [LUG] Primary School BB costs

 

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tom wrote:
> My girls primary school (150 headcount) appears to be going to pay
> £25000 for BB over the next couple of years!!
> I haven't approached the head for exact figures  but this sounds
> horrendous.
> Any comments - I've obviously done the really expletive on pretty
> comprehensively myself.
> Tom te tom te tom
> 
> 
I guess schools are paying for a one size fits all solution, many
schools can't afford a tech,  and a lot of issues arise when equipment
fails, lessons can get really messed up i guess if your lesson plan is
set around an interactive white board and laptop,  either fail and you
are stuck.

It's one less thing to worry about,  RM. BT, Microsoft are all well
known to schools, so they just go with that is known.  Which is why as a
lug we can do as much as we can to promote alternatives,  but we need to
promote the whole package perhaps,  give people links to the companies
and case studies that have made OSS solutions work in schools.  if there
is an issue, phone up tech support and get help fixing it. or they send
someone out.

I think the only way you are going to get change is to take a huge
salary cut and become a Teaching Assistant or similar, or perhaps a
school tech, go in and see what its like day to day, then try and make
changes once you are inside.

Or perhaps become a school governor or something

Paul

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