<html><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; ">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 <a href="mailto:homeaccess@mltfoundation.org">homeaccess@mltfoundation.org</a>.<div><br></div><div>Thank you</div><div>The MLTI Team</div><div><br></div><div>===============</div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Verdana"><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Tahoma">
</font><!--StartFragment--><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;mso-pagination:
none;mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none"><span style=""><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Tahoma">Dear
Principal and Tech Coordinator,</font></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;mso-pagination:
none;mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none"><b><span style=""><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Tahoma">Free dial-up
home internet access</font></span></b><span style=""><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Tahoma"> 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 <a href="http://www.maine.gov/mlti/forms/index.htm">http://www.maine.gov/mlti/forms/index.htm</a>.</font></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;mso-pagination:
none;mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none"><span style=""><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Tahoma">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.</font></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;mso-pagination:
none;mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none"><b><span style=""><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Tahoma">We hope that
you will encourage your eligible students to take advantage of this offer</font></span></b><span style=""><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Tahoma">;
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.</font></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;mso-pagination:
none;mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none"><span style=""><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Tahoma">This offer
also includes discounted broadband access for students eligible for the
program.</font></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;mso-pagination:
none;mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none"><span style=""><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Tahoma">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.</font></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;mso-pagination:
none;mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none"><span style=""><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Tahoma">Now let’s get </font><b><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Tahoma">all</font></b><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Tahoma"> those
kids on-line!</font></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;mso-pagination:
none;mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none"><span style=""><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Tahoma">With warmest
best wishes, </font></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;mso-pagination:
none;mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none"><span style=""><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Tahoma">Angus King</font><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Tahoma"><o:p></o:p></font></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style=""><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Tahoma">Chair, Maine Learning Technology
Foundation </font></span><span style="font-family:Tahoma"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Tahoma"><br></font></p><p class="MsoNormal"><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Tahoma"><br></font></p><p class="MsoNormal"><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Tahoma"><br></font></p><p class="MsoNormal"><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Tahoma"><br></font></p><p class="MsoNormal"><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Tahoma"><br></font></p><p class="MsoNormal"><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Tahoma"><br></font></p>
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</font><div><div apple-content-edited="true"> <span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Tahoma; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: auto; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0; "><div style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; "><div style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "><div><div>Juanita Dickson (Deschambault)</div><div>M.L.T.I.</div><div>Maine Department of Education</div><div>23 State House Station</div><div>Augusta Maine 04333</div><div>(P) 207-499-7142 (7:30am - 4:00pm)</div><div>Visit MLTI on the web at <a href="http://MaineLearns.org">http://MaineLearns.org</a> and <a href="http://mlti.org">http://mlti.org</a></div></div><div><br></div></div></span><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"></div></span><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"> </div><br></div></div></body></html>