Back in the fall, the Dallas County R-I School District sold a piece of property on the southeast corner of the middle school campus to Show-Me Technology. The land sale allowed Show-Me to begin the initial phase of a federal grant initiative that will bring new enhanced broadband internet access to Dallas County. The project will benefit the county by bringing higher speed internet connections to homes and businesses. It will also allow community leaders to market our community as a 21st Century work place. The project will benefit the school district by reducing our cost for internet service, which is a growing expense for schools. In addition, when completed this project will allow the school district to "hard wire" the Long Lane campus to the internet rather than using a wireless internet connection. The current system that connects Long Lane to the internet uses a tower on the Long Lane campus that connects with an antenna located on a water tower in Buffalo. The expected project completion date is late 2013, however, you can already see progress with the recent construction of the Point of Presence (POP) building on the extreme southeast corner of the middle school campus (photo shown) on Locust Street.
