Students Take the Lead There are numerous examples of student groups successfully providing support to their schools, whether organized at a local level or through several national programs. A few of these stories appear here. Interested students at West Junior High School in Lawrence, Kansas, supported the formation of a computer club despite the limited technological proficiency of sponsoring teachers. Building on student interest in basic programming, gaming, and troubleshooting, the program has blossomed, and members provide classroom technical support as well as some technology training of teachers during the day and community members in the evening. 23 Generation YES (Youth and Educators Succeeding), a program implemented in more than one thousand schools, trains students who are interested in technology. These students then teach teachers how to integrate technology into their classes. The program also provides tech support for schools at all levels, performs community outreach, and develops a cadre of skilled students who are potential high-level knowledge workers of the future. In the Jessamine County School District outside of Lexington, Kentucky, students from kindergarten to 12th grade aspire to be student technology leaders (STLs). Their responsibilities range from computer maintenance to preparing and delivering technology training sessions for teachers. 24 The Cisco Networking Academy helps schools control support costs and teaches students to design, build, and maintain its computer networks. Students successfully completing the first four semesters of the program are eligible to earn Cisco Certified Network Associate (CCNA™) certification. An example of the instructional software, containing the introductory tour and two chapters from the first semester of the Cisco Certified Network Associate (CCNA) curriculum, is available online. In a Colorado school district, a LAN specialist and an instructional technology coordinator installed and maintained 35 local area networks. A key to the project's success was making the network specialist a member of the instructional technology team, thereby allowing for direct communication between the schools and the team. The specialist and coordinator designed and installed LANs in 35 schools over three years by hiring the technology club students to do much of the work. The team reports saving a great deal of time and money, as well as having contributed to student learning. 25 Novell's high school partnership program, the Novell Education Academic Partner (NEAP), allows schools and districts to save on support costs while offering their high school, technical school, and advanced or magnet middle-school students Novell-authorized courses leading to Novell certification. Similarly, Microsoft's Authorized Academic Training Provider (AATP) program offers certification training to high school students, and savings to schools and districts.