[MLTI-MS] Free Dial-Up Home Internet Access for Students

[Juanita Dickson]

The following email is being sent on behalf of Angus King, Chair of  
the Maine Learning Technology Foundation.  Any questions can be  
directed to Tony Sprague at 207-221-1457 or via e-mail at homeaccess at mltfoundation.org 
.

Thank you
The MLTI Team

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Dear Principal and Tech Coordinator,
Free dial-up home internet access is available again this year for all  
of your 7th and 8th grade students (or high school students if you are  
a MLTI 1:1 high school) who are eligible for free or reduced price  
lunch. We have tried to make the application and set-up procedures as  
quick and easy as possible in order to maximize the number of students  
participating in the program. The (one page!) application form can be  
found on-line at http://www.maine.gov/mlti/forms/index.htm.
This service is being provided through a cooperative agreement between  
Great Works Internet and the Maine Learning Technology Foundation, a  
privately funded non-profit set up to support ancillary services  
associated with MLTI.
We hope that you will encourage your eligible students to take  
advantage of this offer; home access is an important part of the MLTI  
experience which is available to most of your students but effectively  
denied to those who can’t afford it. Anything you can do to spread the  
word on this offer--through teachers and directly to the students and  
their parents--would be great.
This offer also includes discounted broadband access for students  
eligible for the program.
On a personal note, I want to express my deepest thanks for your  
support and encouragement of MLTI over the past five years. I have to  
come realize that the real success of the program has been due  
entirely to our dedicated and creative educators and the leadership in  
the building. The progress of MLTI has taught me a new leadership  
principle--that execution is as important as inspiration. For your  
role in building what is now generally considered the premier digital  
education program in the world, you have my everlasting thanks.
Now let’s get all those kids on-line!
With warmest best wishes,
Angus King
Chair, Maine Learning Technology Foundation













Juanita Dickson (Deschambault)
M.L.T.I.
Maine Department of Education
23 State House Station
Augusta Maine 04333
(P) 207-499-7142 (7:30am - 4:00pm)
Visit MLTI on the web at http://MaineLearns.org and http://mlti.org




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