Mac high school library

This afternoon, alumni and staff at Central High School in Philadelphia will unveil the revamped Barnwell Library - a new communications, research and media facility that Apple has named a . "The alumni did it all - not the school district," marveled Ellen Rosen, a library assistant in the new Barnwell Library. "I think that's what's incredible.... So many people are attached to their colleges. These people are attached to their high school." The library also will be a technology showplace that will be featured during the National Educational Computing Conference in the city next month. Vincent DeTolla, who heads the district's educational technology group, said Apple formed a partnership with the district and alumni to help outfit the facility. The project cost $4.5 million.

by MacNN Staff