Thousands Turn Out to Wire Calif. Schools for the Internet

By Peter West

San Francisco

Barry Kim had just climbed down from a ladder after spending a half-hour stapling computer cables along a 70-year-old wall, when he learned he'd have to do the job over again.

Susan Southwick, who was overseeing the work of Mr. Kim and other volunteers at Leonard R. Flynn Elementary School here, insisted that the work be redone. The wires, she explained, should have been placed under an exposed...