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Monday, January 19, 2004
State computer network drawing complaints, higher costs - eSchool News staff and wire service reports
A computer network for all North Carolina public school teachers targeted for completion this year will take two more years and probably end up costing more than $150 million, state officials say. Only six of the state's 117 school districts are online as part of a trial of the system, which is called NC WISE. Many of the teachers using it say it is difficult to access the network, much less complete basic tasks such as entering daily attendance information. Some call it "NC STUPID." "If I bought a car that did not work for four years, I would call it a lemon and get another," said Tito Craige, chairman of the social studies department at East Chapel Hill High School. "Actually, I wouldn't wait for nearly this long."
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