Randy, If you are looking for experience, you should talk to Kevin at the Michigan City schools. He presented at the K12 Open Minds conference in Indianapolis last fall. Here is a link to info on his deployment - <a href="http://k12openminds.wikispaces.com/Michigan+City+Area+Schools">http://k12openminds.wikispaces.com/Michigan+City+Area+Schools</a> I attended the conference, but I can't remember if there were other large deployments in Indiana. You can probably find additional info at the conference website - <a href="http://k12openminds.org/">http://k12openminds.org/ </a> I've been involved with the Sugar Labs community (<a href="http://sugarlabs.org/">sugarlabs.org</a>) , but it's more suited for elementary grades. It can run on Ubuntu though. Good luck, Nate <div class="gmail_quote">On Sun, Jan 4, 2009 at 5:44 PM, Brian Fahrlander <<a href="mailto:wheeldweller@gmail.com">wheeldweller@gmail.com</a>> wrote: <blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;"> <div class="Ih2E3d">Randy Heiland wrote: > Hi all, > > Can anyone offer any first-hand experience with using Ubuntu in the > K-12 public classroom?  I just joined a tech committee for a new > charter school (grades 7-9) that's suppose to start here in Columbus, > IN next fall.  I would like to promote the use of Linux for the > computer lab, etc., but suspect that Windows will win out due to other > people's pro-Windows stance.  I'd welcome any comments people might > have and whether or not there are part-time sysadmins to be found. > And I'm aware of the Indiana Access/Linux program as I talked to some > of the people behind it, but that's been several years ago and I > haven't followed its progress.  Anyone know if there's a mailing list, > etc, for that program? > </div>    I've heard rumors of it, too; nothing in concrete. Especially since we're on the opposite end of the state from whence it came.  :(   But there is the <a href="http://www.k12ltsp.org/contents.html" target="_blank">http://www.k12ltsp.org/contents.html</a> website.   They're tightly tied to a K-12 organization that can be all KINDS of help to you; special repos, tips-n-tricks, a little hand-holding here and there...   They're not _strictly_ Ubuntu, but they support it, too.    LTSP is a means of using ultra-cheap, ultra-reliable older machines to connect via ssh and X to a main machine, where all the user information and such resides. It can be VERY cost effective as well as keeping control that's hard to get with standalone computers.    Enjoy! --  ------------------------------------------------------------------------  Brian Fahrländer                 Christian, Conservative, and Technomad  Evansville, IN                               <a href="http://CounterMoon.org/bio" target="_blank">http://CounterMoon.org/bio</a>  ICQ: 5119262                         AOL/Yahoo/GoogleTalk: WheelDweller  ------------------------------------------------------------------------ <div><div></div><div class="Wj3C7c"> -- Ubuntu-us-in mailing list <a href="mailto:Ubuntu-us-in@lists.ubuntu.com">Ubuntu-us-in@lists.ubuntu.com</a> Modify settings or unsubscribe at: <a href="https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-us-in" target="_blank">https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-us-in</a> </div></div></blockquote></div>