James Milburn

Name: James Milburn

E-mail: jmilburn@main.slocs.k12.ca.us

Organization: Paso Robles Public Schools

City and State: Paso Robles, CA

Area of Employment: education

How I heard about Network Democracy:

Through a memo issued by Delaine Eastin, the California State Superintendent off Public Instruction

My experience in this area:

I have an MA in Computer Based Instruction and 8 years of experience as the Supervisor of Technology for the Paso Robles Public Schools. We have a very advanced district in technology with 1200 computers and 8000 pieces of electronic and A/V gear. To support that technology, we have a full time technical staff of 4, running a complete electronics repair shop and offering training on a variety of computers and peripherals as well as video and audio equipment. Our student population K-12 is approximately 6,000, with 5 elementary sites, 2 middle schools and 1 high school. Currently, we are finishing a networking project which has all sites connected with frame relay connects at 64K to T1 speed. Our internet connection will support several dozen concurrent users. We are of course very interested in any assistance available for providing networked service to our schools and have enough experience in development that I think we can be of help to others who may just be getting started in the process.

What I hope to learn:

The hope is that informational contacts an be made and example sites and districts will emerge from which we can learn enough not to have to reinvent our wheels again.

Additional comments:

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