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2.7 Assumption Jr/Sr. High School
The review indicated:
• The WAN connection is via a wireless Breezecom modem connected to a shot- gun modem on the roof.
• There are three small offices located throughout the school, each
having a computer, some with a laptop. (i.e. Counselor’s office). There is also a loaner laptop available for staff to use.
• The Internet feed currently is through a 56K modem, utilizing WinGate software. • The Server Closets are relatively secure, sitting inside locked closets inside the media centre. All wiring in the building comes back to this point. This wiring has been well planned, designed, and installed.
• The Lab has 25-28 workstations, all are new Pentium 266 models. There is a large Proxima Desktop Projector 5800 and a SmartBoard in the Lab.
Note: The wireless radio is hanging from the roof above the LexMark Optra S 1255 printer. It is right out in the open, hanging by a cable with a tag that says “Not a load-bearing cable.”
There is space available for up to 40 workstations. Cabling is messy and run on
the surface. This method of cabling is very easy to damage. The cables were not run with enough slack to move computers very much.
Any small changes to this room are going to require new cables. Desks are not per- manent, but movable.
•Most classrooms have six drops, with each classroom having one teacher workstation.
•The Band Room has 3 practice rooms, two of which contain computer worksta- tions. All are wired. One workstation is meant for general purpose computing and the other will be a midi and music station.
•The Home Economics room is newly built. Wiring comes in through the floor, al- though only one computer is currently in the room. There is a TV mounted in the room for viewing video materials and presentations.
•The Biology and Chemistry Labs each have two computers. One Wintel machine connected to a Proxima 5800 projector and a SmartBoard, and a Power Macin- tosh G3 all-in-one computer with data acquisition software for experiments. The G3 is mounted above the work area, thus allowing more work area availability for students. Each Lab has a TV mounted in the roof right next to the main classroom door, at'head-bonking' level.
•The Office area has six workstations, connected to a LexMark Optra S 1250 laser printer. (Which is shared via Windows printer sharing). The Staff Room has an Op- tra R+ Laser Printer for staff use.
•The Library has:
•five Pentium 266 workstations for student use. They are connected to the Ethernet network, in well designed
desks: and
•the computers share a networked LexMark Optra R+ laser printer.
Recommendations:
1. The Lab desks need to be made permanent, and wiring should be redone so it adequately reaches all workstations. All cables need to be cleaned up and put away.
2. The Breezecom modem needs to be mounted in the ceiling space where it will be secure from unwanted use. The Wireless system needs to be made functional, so 56K Internet feed can be removed.
3. The Science Labs should have TV’s moved to another part of room. They are obviously in a high-traffic spot. (I bumped one myself, even though I knew it was there!)
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