[NPMUG] Maine seals another deal with Apple

[Dave Sevick]

Maine expands MacBook program to high schools
by Peter Cohen, Macworld.com

The Maine Department of Education on Tuesday announced that it has  
expanded its student laptop program to include high school students.  
It’s a huge win for Apple, because the state will be acquiring another  
64,000 MacBook laptops, with up to 7,000 additional MacBooks possibly  
ordered in the coming weeks.

The Maine Technology Learning Initiative (MTLI) has equipped middle  
schoolers in the state of Maine with MacBooks since 2002. The  
expansion of the program will provide MacBook laptops for students and  
faculty in grades 7 through 12. Negotiations to make the expansion  
were reported in March.

Apple is providing educational software, professional development,  
repair, replacement and technical support, according to the Maine  
Department of Education.

Apple won the first MTLI contract in September 2001. The company also  
competed for and won a second contract in 2006.

http://www.macworld.com/article/141457/2009/06/maine.html?lsrc=rss_news



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P.S.  From my photo archives .... This is that original Apple  
Professional Services team back in early 2002 stopping for a photo ....

Nice to see the third statewide contract go through for Apple in  
Maine  :-)



Dave






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