New Lind-Ritzville High School opens for business

The building, which was finished in time for the beginning of the school year, features many technological upgrades

Jeremy Burnham, Reporter | Last updated Sep 05, 2019 10:55am0

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The exterior of the new Lind-Ritzville High School building. There is plenty of new technology in the building, including electronic white-boards and an updated intercom system.

Lind-Ritzville High School students are back at school in a newly rebuilt building. The building, however, is not the only thing that is new. It also comes with a lot of new technology. Andy Jones, the district's IT man, was at the school board meeting on Aug. 26 to update the board on the features that the school will have.

One of the larger updates involves internet access.

"The network is probably the most unique thing," Jones said. "In a traditional network, you have a server room somewhere, and you have hundreds of copper wires going throughout the building. Now, we have three strands of...