[K12OSN] LTSP and K12LTSP in British Columbia

[Casey Mynott]

Hey Robert!
 
FOSS alliance? Sounds like a revolution. Just kidding. In all seriousness, I think that is an awesome idea. I wonder what we would need to make that fly...????
 
Casey


Date: Mon, 6 Nov 2006 12:35:02 -0800From: robark at gmail.comTo: jim at linux.ca; k12osn at redhat.comSubject: Re: [K12OSN] LTSP and K12LTSP in British ColumbiaCC: 
On 11/6/06, Jim Christiansen <christiansen_j at hotmail.com> wrote:
I've been absent from the list for a couple of months- just lurking sincegetting K12LTSP5 up on a number of boxes, and I want to bring everyone up todate.  My school, Prince Charles Secondary, in Creston, is now running 3 K12LTSP servers with a total of about 120 thin clients.  I deliver high-endCad and several other apps through crossover- everything else FOSS.A week or so ago my principal brought in a sub teacher for me and I went to visit Kamloops where EVERY elementary and middle school runs ltsp and highschools, I understand, have moved to ltsp or are moving over soon.  Ivisited the IT Manager and head Tech there for several hours and was amazed how they ran each school.
Hi Jim,I am from Vancouver BC. Glad to hear you are in Creston BC. I also know about Kamloops. They are the model district which we should all be following. Here is there Linux sitehttp://www.sd73.bc.ca/district-operations.php/page/linux-in-education/ 
Each school server runs linux with ltsp buried into a vserver.  All higherfunctions run in the host- ltsp on the vserver.  Their mail, fax, backups ... everything is linux.  Several school homepage use Moodle with otherschools moving their old home pages to a customized moodle.  All schools useFreeNX for logons from home- so do I now!I'm still the only school in our district running K12LTSP.  Last year, 
As am I. There is one other for Adult Ed. However, many of the private schools around Vancouver use Linux.
sitting on the Tech Committee, in was told that Prince Charles Secondarywould be allowed to remain linux.  Later I was told that we were being moved to windows...  standardization...  So much for committee decision.  Ourschool is the only school to have fully functional computers EveryDay.  Ournumber of computers is still growing in our school WITHOUT a budget...  Our technician has said that there is no way our school would run as well as itdows it we used windows.  We can't switch over to windows without
Would your principal allow you to keep the labs? 
$100,000.00.  A principal from nearby came to visit our school on twooccations last May to see how well our system worked.  He arranged for me to purchase a server for K12LTSP and I scoped out 25 HPt5515 clients for 120 apiece- total price of under $4000.00.   The lead teach found out- went tothe Superintendent -did I say our school district is millions in debt?? and stopped the linux lab from happening.  THEN turned around and spent$30,000.00 on a windows lab instead...  Oh well- end rant.
I am curious if the lead tech or any of the lower techs have Linux/Unix skills?
As we are still in debt Prince Charles Secondary won't move to windows.  Weoffer so much with our system now it would take an army of technicians months to make the same things happen in windows and that is accordinbg tomy local technician.
Many have experienced similar situations. You are not alone. Don't give up. If you like send me your phone number privately and I'll call you. Maybe we can start an alliance for FOSS in Education in BC. If we can site X many teachers or schools using it in BC, then our voice will be stronger.
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