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Wednesday 2/18/2015
7:15am
Mount Hermon Conference Center
Birch Dining Room
7:15am
- Buffet Breakfast is served
7:30am
- Call to Order Ken
- Pledge Linda
- Thought/Song Linda
- Guest Introductions Ken (for Thomas) introduced our guests today: speakers Debi Bodenheimer, Jeff Kitts, Chris Schiermeyer and Ralph Miljanich
7:35am Announcements & Club Business
- Ken updated the announcement for the district conference coming April 17 – 19, more details are on our web page now.
- Laurie announced that the SLV High Performing Arts Center will host an opening ceremony with tours and an evening concert Saturday the 21st.
- Janet is looking for Rotarians for a few more hydrant painting trips, they’re almost done.
- The interviews of the 8 RYLA candidates will be this coming Monday, February 23.
7:40am
- Detective Report & Happy Bucks Laurie brought a dozen or so trivia questions on inventors. One involved some project by the name of “counterbalance”, something to do with blow-up dolls, ….
7:55am Program – SLV High School 1-1 Device Initiative
- Our speakers today were Debi Bodenheimer, Assistant Superintendent of Instructional Systems; Christopher Schiermeyer, Chief Business Officer; and Jeff Kitts, Director of Technology. The goal of the 1-1 Initiative is for each student to have a computer or close access to one. Surveys have shown that 93% of the SLV households are in favor of this and that 94% have internet access at home. This project has done quite a lot of research and has come to the recommendation of Chromebooks as the price/performance leader; for about $200 - $250 a student can have full access and computer power needed to be successful in the schools, especially SLV High. There are other lower cost possibilities for the lower grade, but the High School is the primary focus. There have been contributions from several community groups (Valley Women’s Club, for example), and the group is exploring other funding sources for the expected $100,000 needed for the complete rollout. An excellent presentation well received by our club.
Debi Chris Jeff
8:25am
- Raffle, Closing Announcements, Adjourn