ImagiNET is a cooperative venture among the Northern Buckeye Education Council, the Northwest Ohio Educational Service Center, Northwest State Community College, 28 educational entities, area businesses and social agencies to establish a high speed network. The goals for establishing the network are to:

• stimulate and support the economy of the four county area
• allow world-wide access to information by businesses, schools, and citizenry of the four county area
• create affordable levels of access
• connect business, education, social agencies, and the citizenry in order to improve the quality of community life
• provide distance education and training to K-12 students, teachers, adult learners, and the area workforce
• create a network that is sustainable
• create a network that interfaces with existing networks

ImagiNET is supported by: $370,000 in contributions by area school districts participating in the project; $1,004,724 from SchoolNet Telecommunity grants; and, a $500,000 grant from the Board of Regents.

Participants

The school districts presently participating in the SchoolNet Telecommunity grant are:

• Anthony Wayne Local
• Bryan City Schools
• Defiance City Schools
• Edgerton Local Schools
• Gorham Fayette Local
• Hicksville Exempted
• Holgate Local Schools
• Lake Local Schools
• Liberty Center Local Schools
• Lucas County ESC
• Maumee City
• Millcreek-West Unity Schools
• Montpelier Exempted Schools
• Napoleon Area Schools
• North Central Local
• Northwest Ohio ESC (Defiance, Fulton, Henry, Williams Offices)
• Patrick Henry Schools
• Pettisville Local Schools
• Pike-Delta-York Local Schools
• Stryker Local
• Swanton Local Schools
• Sylvania Northview
• Sylvania Southview
• Wood County ESC
  

  ---

For more information contact:

• Dan Holden
• John Mansel-Pleydell