THE VIRGINIAN-PILOT
Copyright (c) 1997, Landmark Communications, Inc.
DATE: Thursday, February 13, 1997 TAG: 9702130344
SECTION: LOCAL PAGE: B2 EDITION: NORTH CAROLINA
TYPE: Local Briefs
LENGTH: 27 lines
Regional Education Service Alliance (RESA) has received a U.S. Department of Agriculture grant of $330,000 to fund Information Highway sites in four of its nine school systems.
The grant will allow the system to be networked to form a regional electronic high school. The sites will be located in Camden, Gates, Halifax and Hyde counties.
``Through this distance learning grant, it would be possible for students in any of the 12 high schools in the nine school districts to take courses taught in other high schools that form the consortium,'' said Jeanne Meiggs, director of RESA.
RESA is a collaborative partnership of nine northeastern North Carolina school districts.
Meiggs said the networked high schools will help expand course offerings at small high schools and provide certified teachers in school systems unable to hire them.
Besides benefiting students, the information highway sites will be used by teachers and staff for distance learning, professional development and collaboration with colleagues.