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60-Second Windows #124, September, 2000
One becomes many:
The Kittridge School story
Fred Showker
THIS JULY I HAD THE DISTINCT PLEASURE of meeting Daphne and Ken Gruberman from
the MacValley User Group based in the LA suburb Sherman Oaks, California. They met
me at LAX to spend the morning visiting the Kittridge Street Elementary School, in
nearby Valley Glenn, CA. It was joyous visit, and here's why I shall never forget
it.
 __ It actually started last January when
the User Group Academy's special guest Steve Wozniak presented the UG Academy Grants
for 2000. Steve and I presented a $5,000.00 educational grant to Daphne's computer
club, MacValley. Daphne had authored a winning grant proposal to benefit two elementary
schools in the Los Angeles Unified School District -- one of four grants awarded
during that event at San Francisco's 2000 Macworld Expo.
__ The proposal submitted by Daphne outlined a project
that the MacValley User Group would partner with nine specialist teachers at both
the Kittridge and Erwin Street Elementary Schools. The mission challenged the computer
club to help the schools minimize the time spent in writing the necessary Individualized
Education Program reports for Special-Ed students. The group would provide two new
Apple iMac computers along with the necessary hardware and software to develop a
FileMaker Pro database.
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