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Article: Computer purchases spark outrage Tosa, other districts are buying machines for school board members
- Article from:
- The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel (Milwaukee, WI)
- Article date:
- November 17, 1997
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CopyrightCopyright 1997 The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel. Provided by ProQuest LLC. (Hide copyright information)
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Some Wauwatosa residents were outraged to learn that the school
district spent $16,000 of their tax money to provide home computers
for six of seven school board members.
They attacked the expenditure as a luxury for board members that
came at the expense of students.
But several other area districts have preceded Wauwatosa in
providing computers for their board members, and the use of
technology as a replacement for mail and the telephone seems to be
growing.
"It doesn't take much of a crystal ball to see school boards of
the future having a fax or a computer connected to the Internet,"