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FOLEY PUBLIC SCHOOLS INSTALL WIRELESS INTERNET ROUTERS
With help from funding through Living Connected in Benton County, Foley Public Schools purchased and installed eleven wireless access routers to provide district wide wireless access that serves their student populations, staff, community members and guests of the community. Some of the router locations include the High School gymnasium, the Field House, and the High School Auditorium.
“We have greater access for staff and students in all three buildings, especially in the high school and elementary school where there was very minimal access to wireless Internet,” said Stephanie Amberg, Teacher, Diversity Through Technology Integrationist (DTTI) and District Assessment Coordinator with Foley Public Schools. “With the initial eleven access points I worked with the technology department and administrative team to determine the best locations to cover both access for the community and where we would get the most use from staff and students.”
For more information about this project call Stephanie Amberg at 320-309-1621.
Living Connected in Benton County www.bentoncountyconnected.org is a project partner in the Minnesota Intelligent Rural Communities Initiative (MIRC). MIRC is a coalition of 19 statewide partners and 11 demonstration communities funded in large part through an American Recovery and Reinvestment Act grant. The work of the coalition focuses on bringing the full promise of broadband technologies to rural Minnesota communities, businesses and people. Blandin Foundation serves as the project administrator. More about MIRC is available at www.blandinfoundation.org.
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Living Connected in Benton County
Focuses on bringing the full promise of broadband technologies to rural Minnesota.
Living Connected in Benton County is a project partner in the Minnesota Intelligent Rural Communities Initiative (MIRC). MIRC is a coalition of 19 statewide partners and 11 demonstration communities funded in large part through an American Recovery and Reinvestment Act grant. The work of the coalition focuses on bringing the full promise of broadband technologies to rural Minnesota communities, businesses and people. Blandin Foundation serves as the project administrator.
Why Broadband Is Important To Rural Minnesota!
Hello, my name is Bernadine Joselyn, director of public policy and engagement for the Blandin Foundation in Grand Rapids, Minnesota.
The Blandin Foundation is dedicated to strengthening rural Minnesota communities. That is why we are so focused on the important issue of broadband access and use. We believe that broadband is the new indispensible infrastructure for healthy rural communities.
