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 * North County Regional Education Center**

The North County Regional Education Center is a collaborative effort between the San Diego County Office of Education and The San Marcos Unified School District. The Center is the latest link in the County Office of Education’s countywide system of support centers. It is being designed and constructed to become the third of three regional centers linked technologically and programmatically to create a comprehensive system for supporting communication and collaboration among all school districts, County Office programs, and higher education resources in the county.

The Center, scheduled to be fully operational by June, 2006, is located on Pico Road in San Marcos, just across from the San Marcos City Hall, east of Palomar Community College, and just north of California State University, San Marcos. The 70,000 square foot facility will be host to the San Diego County Office of Education’s North County services as well as the San Marcos Unified School District Offices. The building will feature the latest communications technologies, large Communications Labs, Digital Classrooms, fully equipped videoconferencing rooms, and an informal “Cyber Café” with wireless access, plasma screens, and flexible seating to promote collaboration and networking.

Videoconferencing, web-based communication tools, and television over fiber cables will tie the new facility to the Joe Rindone Regional Technology Center and the South County Regional Education Center linking colleagues across the county, state and beyond. Several key County Office of Education programs such as the North County Professional Development Center (NCPDF), Advancement through Individual Determination (AVID), Beginning Teacher Support and Assessment (BTSA), Juvenile Court and Community schools (JCCS), Write Institute, HOPE Infant, Special Education, and Migrant Education will join Business Services and Human Resources at the center to leverage these technology resources and promote collaboration among school districts, the County Office, and local colleges and universities to a greater extent than ever before.