Parents Mobilize To Get Calif. Schools Wired
John Miranda thinks he is ready to be "wired." And this Saturday, if all goes as planned, he'll find out whether he's right or wrong.
Early on the morning of March 9, parents, community volunteers, and even some students are scheduled to show up at Mira Mesa High School in San Diego County, Calif., to begin stringing cables that will provide at least five classrooms, the school library, and a computer lab with the connections needed to access the global Internet computer network.
Similar scenes will be unfolding in schools across the Golden State this weekend. It's all part of "NetDay96," a statewide grassroots effort to help schools begin to meet President Clinton's goal of making every classroom an on-ramp to the so-called information highway by the...
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