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March 14, 1995: In the
beginning there was a DEC Alpha server running
the Unix operating system and the Netscape web
server. David Kreisberg, with the help of a small
group of brilliant Blair High School students,
brought the server to life and created the first
web pages in March, 1995. Bob Fay joined him that
summer to keep systems running and began writing
web-based programs such as a guestbook. Blair
students Nate Cook and Frank Wright, both Unix
gurus, developed systems such as an early search
engine. David, and later Elaine Keagle began training
staff how to use HTML and FTP to create and place
web pages on the server. Susan Eskite, then in
EGPS and an early trainee, designed the web site
and began moving much MCPS communications onto
web pages.
Between 1995 and 2005, thousands
of staff, students, and parents published content
to school and office web sites. As a result of
their efforts, the MCPS web became a rich, award-winning
resource that continues to evolve to support student
success.
Montgomery County Public Schools
salutes the visionary leadership of David Kreisberg,
the technical innovations of Bob Fay, Nate Cook,
Frank Wright, and the continued technical leadership
of Elaine Keagle.
The group was not an
official entity until 2000 when it became the
Web Services Team.
View some earlier incarnations
of the MCPS Web in the Visual
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