Bureau of Land Management Donates Computers to Local High School

Contact:  Erin Darboven, 801.977.4328

Salt Lake City, Utah—May 2, 2008—The Bureau of Land Management Salt Lake field office recently donated computer equipment to Grantsville High School in Tooele, Utah, for use in their library, counseling center and photography classes.  A recent computer equipment update at the Salt Lake field office made 36 computers and 12 flat screen monitors available for donation.
 
The new computers are a marked improvement over the older computers students and faculty used before BLM’s donation.  In fact, they are three times faster than the school’s existing computer equipment.  Teachers enjoy the increased speed for online testing and the digital photography lab also appreciates the larger flat screen monitors.

“We cannot thank the BLM enough,” Preston Lorenson, a technology teacher at Grantsville High School.
 
Glen Carpenter, BLM Utah West Desert District Manager, views the donation as an investment in everyone’s future. 

“These computers and Internet technology can yield positive results for students and teachers alike by connecting classrooms and accessible information access, so everyone gains,” Carpenter concluded.

For more information, please contact Erin Darboven, public affairs specialist at the Salt Lake field office, (801)977-4328.