First wave connects 30 schools, paving the way for enhanced learning and collaboration
ALBUQUERQUE Today, New Mexico's Statewide Education Network (SEN) became operational, connecting the first public schools in what will eventually become a comprehensive statewide broadband network, linking public schools with their own school-centric high-speed internet across New Mexico.
Three charter schools in Albuquerque21st Century Public Academy, Mark Armijo Academy, and Mountain Mahogany Community Schooland all 27 schools in the Gadsden Independent School District in Santa Teresa, NM, are the first to be plugged into the new broadband network.
Nearly 15,000 students in these schools will be the first to access the new network.
"This is an important milestone for New Mexico education and broadband," said Drew Lovelace, Acting Director of the New Mexico Office of Broadband Access and Expansion (OBAE). "Schools will have endless possibilities to enhance learning and engage students. This breakthrough not only means students will have access to all kinds of content, but it will also connect peoplestudents, teachers, superintendents and other personnelwho can collaborate to achieve goals. This exemplifies how New Mexico is improving education through technology."
