Schools' Tech Plans put on the Back Burner

This was to be the year teachers at Gulfport High School went completely digital, which meant some older teachers would have to give up their grade books and transfer that information onto district computers. But Hurricane Katrina put those plans on hold. The storm crippled the city school district's computer network. Katrina's tidal floods and heavy rains have played havoc with millions of dollars of computer technology. And as schools reopen on the Gulf Coast, many are doing so without the benefit of much technology. Across the Coast, Katrina is blamed for $40 million in damage to computers and computer networks in the public schools.
[SOURCE: The Clarion-Ledger, AUTHOR: Chris Joyner chris.joyner@jackson.gannett.com]