10/05/2026
"I've always been a big believer in transparency." — Howard F.
OXHEART COMMUNITY SCHOOLS — Physics teacher Mr. Feldman, who has kept the same overhead projector in his classroom since 1996 despite four district attempts to remove it, became the most powerful person in the district at 8:14 a.m. Friday when a network failure knocked out Wi-Fi in all 11 schools. By 9 a.m., his projector was the only working display device in the district, and Mr. Feldman had begun granting colleagues access in 15-minute blocks, which he scheduled on a transparency.
Superintendent Ms. Pryce, who signed a 2018 memo describing overhead projectors as "a relic," arrived in his classroom at 10:20 a.m. to request a slot. By noon, the district's last 40 transparencies were trading in the staff lounge at two lunch duties apiece.
Wi-Fi was restored at 2:47 p.m., the following Friday.