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The Unit is One of Four That Provides Distance Learning to Rural Oregon Students
State Sen. Avel Gordly, one of the Legislature’s leading advocates for increasing access to education, got a first hand look last week at a mobile classroom when it stopped by the state Capitol. Gordly, D-Multnomah County, and Sen. Ted Ferrioli, R-John Day, co-sponsored legislation in 1999 authorizing funds for the “Frontier Learning Network,” which provides distance learning to K-12 schoolchildren spread around the state.
The network includes mobile classrooms equipped with fiberoptic and wireless technology, which allows students in eight rural school districts to learn simultaneously through two-way interactive video. “I’m very impressed with the quality of the facility and the staff,” Gordly said. “Making sure all of Oregon’s students have an opportunity to learn from a broad range of class options is extremely important to producing well-rounded citizens,” said senator Gordly. “These mobile classrooms will go a long way in providing cost-effective, state-of-the-art educational opportunities to students in rural areas.
A mobile classroom was named for Gordly and Ferrioli in honor of their work on the legislation.
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