During Summer 2008, three years of effort by the Technology Committee, in tandem with the Office of Instructional Technology and support from the administration, led to the installation of ceiling-mounted DLP video projectors for use in classroom teaching in almost every instructional space, with the remainder placed in the following school years as budget allowed. "Smartboards" are also scattered throughout the building, but both of these pieces of technology have a reputation for not working. One student estimates that in her school day, at least an hour of instructional time is used in total each day trying to work around the malfunctioning technology. Many teachers almost feel burdened by the addition of the rarely working Smartboads, and refuse to use them, leading one to the conclusion that the purchase