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A parent called the man in charge of technology for Detroit Public
Schools in January to ask when a long-promised computer lab at the
school would open. On the same day, America Online called to offer to
equip a computer lab.
Tom Arnold — comedian and host of “The Best Damn Sports Show Period”
— and AOL representatives appeared during an assembly at the school,
where the company announced a donation of $80,000 in computer equipment.
The lab, which opens Friday, includes 30 computers equipped with the
latest software, two laser printers, a projector, a plasma television
and workstations for each of the computers. AOL also paid a portion of
the cost to refurbish the room for use as a lab.
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