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Sarasota News Leader October 5, 2012 local nature of the design, planning and con- struction. "We literally started out putting the worksta- tions together from cardboard," said Page Dettmann, executive director for middle school education in the school district, during Tuesday night's presentation. "As student input, or teacher's opinions, were brought in, we … changed the cardboard mockups," she added. Page 40 Everything from cardboard construction to actual construction was handled locally, though not all by the school district. Ideas for various technological aspects of the project came from district staff and the sponsors. "This project initiates a new way in which we support the instruction of our students in the digital environment and [teach] the new skills for these digital learners," said schools Super- intendent Lori White. High-tech microscopes are linked into the computer equipment. Photos courtesy Sarasota County Public Schools