Seattle hopes to be wireless role model.

Seattle hopes to be wireless role model. When teachers and administrators arrive at one Seattle high schoolthis fall, they won't have to plug in to get online anymore. Andsoon thereafter, officials can monitor what's happening on theother side of the building from their Palms. Franklin High School Franklin High School may refer to: Franklin High School (Los Angeles), California Franklin High School (Elk Grove, California) Franklin High School (Kentucky) Benjamin Franklin Senior High School (New Orleans, Louisiana) Franklin High School (Maryland) , serving 1,500 ninth- to 12th-grade students,is getting a full wireless upgrade, hoping to be a role model for otherschools interested in using the latest technology to enhance theircomputer and school security capabilities. The technology is being provided by Seattle-based CoCoCommunications, which proposed a three-phase upgrade for the school thatincludes a wireless video surveillance system and an interoperable voicecommunication system with fire and police officials. Franklin High School Principal Jennifer Wiley says the wirelessupgrades will allow for mobile computer labs and a better visualsecurity system. "This is a building with eight entrances in an exposed part ofa major intersection," says Wiley. "We have an opportunitybecause of new technology to be more proactively responsive." Matt Dahlin, director of sales for CoCo, says it could cost aschool between $75,000 and $175,000 to become wireless. Dahlin says thewireless overlay allows schools much more flexibility in theircommunication systems. "It's very important because it helps to improve schoolsafety using next generation technology. It creates a wireless securityblanket security blanketn.1. A blanket carried by a child to reduce anxiety.2. Informal Something that dispels anxiety.Noun 1. around campus. It provides better visibility into schools bygiving real-time video monitoring, allows not only school administratorsbut police and fire officials," says Dahlin. During the second phase, wireless video cameras will be installedthat will allow school officials to access video images from all eightentry points into the school via their laptops and pocket PCs. The thirdphase will focus on providing communication between school officials andpublic safety officials. "Children are our most valuablecommodity," says Wiley "Safety ought to be a priority." PAYING FOR CRIME-STOMPING Call it a sad way to instill in��stillv.To pour in drop by drop.instil��lation n. truth inyouth or call it the best thing since sliced bread Since Sliced Bread is an online contest sponsored by SEIU. People are asked to submit their best new economic idea to help working families. Of the thousands of ideas that are submitted, 21 will be chosen as finalists. . But about 2,000public schools and colleges in the U.S. have adopted Student CrimeStoppers stopperssee stopper pad. programs, which started in 1983, according to according toprep.1. As stated or indicated by; on the authority of: according to historians.2. In keeping with: according to instructions.3. USA Today USA TodayNational U.S. daily general-interest newspaper, the first of its kind. Launched in 1982 by Allen Neuharth, head of the Gannett newspaper chain, it reached a circulation of one million within a year and surpassed two million in the 1990s. .Students can earn up to $500 for alerting school officials about guns inschool or $100 for exposing classmates Classmates can refer to either: Classmates.com, a social networking website. Classmates (film), a 2006 Malayalam blockbuster directed by Lal Jose, starring Prithviraj, Jayasurya, Indragith, Sunil, Jagathy, Kavya Madhavan, Balachandra Menon, ... involved in theft, drugs orvandalism. Some rewards are funded in part by student-run programs. Some are concerned the program creates a society of tattle-tales.