Page 12 THE VILLADOM TIMES I • December 11, 2013 FLOW Area District holds final meetings on laptop program by Frank J. McMahon The Ramapo Indian Hills Regional High School District has four more meet- ings scheduled for students and at least one of their parents or guardians. These man- datory meetings are part of the District’s 1:1 Learning Initiative. The sessions have been offered by the school district during November and December and parents and their students must register in advance to attend one of the meetings. The final four meetings will be held in the Ramapo High School auditorium on Monday, Dec. 16 and Thursday, Dec. 19. Sessions will be held at 3:30 p.m. and 7 p.m. both days. Parents/guardians and their children only need to sign up for one training session. Each session will be an hour in length. Each session will highlight acceptable use procedures, parent/guardian respon- sibilities, student expectations, laptop use and care procedures, technical sup- port procedures, and security and privacy guidelines. Parents/guardians and their children will learn how to electronically sign the district’s acceptable use policy and laptop agreement forms, and how to pay the insurance premium. Parents/guardians will need to complete the online registration to enroll in a train- ing session. The registration site has been available through the district’s webpage (http://www.rih.org) since mid-November. Parents/guardians also need their child’s student ID number to register for the session, and they will need to bring their student identification card to the training session. Each session will be lim- ited to a maximum number of seats and, as part of the registration process, parents will choose a primary e-mail address that will be used for all future correspondence regarding the district’s 1:1 laptop program. This will expedite the sign-in process upon arrival and serve as verification for atten- dance. According to the school district, the use of educational technology services and access to information are integral parts of the educational program for all students. The district has taken steps to provide every student with the advantage of ubiq- uitous access to information and educa- tional technologies. The overarching goal of the 1:1 laptop program is to prepare students for their future in a global society by enabling teachers to provide a learning environment where they facilitate student empowerment and engagement, student-centered learn- ing opportunities, and student account- ability and responsibility. With the learning opportunities this pro- gram provides, however, comes a respon- sibility for the district, parent/guardian, and student to ensure a safe and produc- tive experience. A handbook will inform parents/guardians and students about procedures and guidelines for the 1:1 pro- gram. As the district moves forward with this program, the handbook may change, according to the school district. However, a reasonable effort will be made to notify parents/guardians and the students that changes have taken place with regard to the handbook, and it is the expectation that the procedures and guidelines set forth in future revisions will be adhered to by stu- dents and their parents/guardians. Pulis Avenue vidual septic systems and six wastewater treatment plants for large commercial or condominium properties and the Frank- lin Avenue Middle School. Henderson said the sanitary sewer line will improve the groundwater quality in the business district and will allow the Franklin Cross- ing, Franklin Square, and Franklin Lakes shopping centers, the Horizon and Moun- tain Shadows housing complexes, and the Franklin Avenue Middle School to abandon their private package treatment plants and eliminate some individual septic systems. He also pointed out that the sewer line will allow for modernization and expansion of the businesses in the borough’s business district. (continued from page 7) Avenue to Pulis Avenue and then along Pulis Avenue ultimately to connect to the gravity sewer on Chapel Road. A force-fed sanitary sewer line has also been installed from Franklin Avenue along Susquehanna Avenue to Pulis Avenue to convey the borough’s flow to the NBCUA system. The sewage is treated at the author- ity’s plant in Waldwick. According to Keith Henderson, an engineer for the NBCUA, the majority of Franklin Lakes is currently served by indi-