Five Basic Goals of Vernon Public School:

1) Infrastructure: To provide sufficient number of computers and devices, with sufficient technical support, connected to the Connecticut Education Network (CEN), to enable all students to use technology as a key element of instruction.

2) Curriculum: To infuse the state student technology competencies across all curriculums used in the Vernon Public School district.

3) Professional Development: To provide sufficient technology training to teachers and administrators to enable them to use t echnology as an instructional tool, to integrate technology into the curriculum and to provide leadership in using technology ethically and as a strategy for educational reform.

4) Data Management: To develop a data management system, compatible with the Connecticut State Department of Education student database, that enables the Vernon Public Schools to make quality policy and instructional decisions.

5) Policy: To develop educational technology policies in the areas of confidentiality, the Connecticut Education Network, content management, copyright, education software: licenses, posting of student work/pictures, purchasing, security/filtering, student acceptable use policies, technology competencies, technology construction, technology hardware replacement and intellectual property.