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Thanks to all who responded.  The following schools/districts were suggested:

1.  Dunland School Corporation
     Contact: Mr. John Corso, Director, Media Services
     411 South Fifth Street
     Chesterton, IN 46304          Phone: 219-926-7528

2.  River Oaks Public School
     Gerry Smith, Principal        Phone: 416-842-7430

     K-8 school with 240 computers, scanners, CD-ROM, video disk, electronic
keyboards, computerized sewing machines (boys use too!), telecommunications
equipment, robotics.

3.  Apple Classrooms of the Future - Contact Apple Corp.

4.  Coventry Local Schools, Akron, OH

5.  Saturn School of Tomorrow
     either St. Paul or Minneapolis

     Magnet school which uses portfolio assessment and hypercard.

6.  River Ridge High School
     Georgia Cutburth and Nanette Bullock, co-directors
     8929 Martin Way East
     Lacey, Washington 98512       Phone: 206-493-9600

     New school in fall of 93.  650 networked IBM computers on NOVELL/ICLAS
network with 8 servers.  Includes ultramedia and multimedia stations.
Features networked CD-ROMs.

7.  Sun Valley Elementary
     Winnipeg, Manitoba
     Contact: Michelle Larose-Kuzenko

     100 Macintosh computers networked and managed by media specialist.
Grades 4-5 have 6 computers in each classroom.  A lab wtih 15 computers and a
"data show" are located in the media center.  School also has a mini lab with
6 computers.  Features traveling teacher stations.  Primary grades have LC or
higher MACS with CD-ROM drives to use talking books, etc.  Much more!

8.  The Nueva School
     6565 S. Kyline Blvd.
     Hillsborough, CA 94010
     Contact: Debbie Abilock, Librarian and Info. Specialist

     Independent Pre-K - Grade 8 for gifted and talented students.

9.  Laurel Oak Elem.
     7800 Immokalee Rd
     Naples, FLA 33942        Phone: 813-592-1777

     Media specialist is 1/2 of sys/op team.

10. An Wang Math/Science Middle School
     365 West Meadow Rd.
     Lowell, MASS 01854       Phone: 508-937-7682

     Middle school with 650 students and 4 computer labs.

11. Ladue Horton Watkins High School
     1201 South Warson Rd
     St. Louis, MO 63124

12. Naperville Schools in Naperville, Ill.

     New building every year or two with state of art technology.  Upgrade
existing buildings every couple of years.  No other information given.

13. Canadaigua, New York (No other information given)

                             Paula R. Grookett
                        Director of Media Services
                    Richland County School District One

1225 Oak Street                                   Phone: (803) 733-6182
Columbia, South Carolina 29204                    Fax:   (803) 733-6198

              Internet: I990924@univscvm.csd.scarolina.edu


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