Central Middle School, in the Riverside Unified School District, is one of the two Beta sites for the School2Home initiative, with three major goals:
• Increase digital literacy and educational performance among targeted middle school students.
• Improve their 21st Century skills so they can contribute to a more competitive workforce upon graduation.
• Strengthen the involvement of parents in the education of their child through the use of home-based digital technologies, and, in turn, expand the adoption of broadband technology.
The Beta program will begin in early 2010 with professional development for staff and parents and the distribution of the laptop devices to all 7th graders.
