HUNTINGTON --  At this evening's meeting the board approved the spending of almost $2.4 million.

The money will be used for technological purchases at the county's eight Title 1 designated schools, which include: Altizer, Central City, Cox Landing, Guyandotte, Highlawn, Peyton, and Spring Hill elementaries, as well as Enslow and Huntington Middle Schools.

It comes from the American Recovery and Re-Investment Act, and will actually give those school's wireless internet capabilities throughout their entire buildings. Cabell County administrators say they're excited about giving students the best that technology has to offer.

"They're going to working in a world that we don't know how to prepare them for completely because it's changing so rapidly, but we know that they've got to be able to learn on their own, they've got to learn how to get access with technology, so it's critical to us that they learn, how to learn," said Cabell Director of Title Programs, Allyson Schoenlein.

"This will also give us, our hands are on the globe really, for students. It's an excellent idea of doing something, that, we would normally not had the opportunity to do this kind of upgrade," Cabell County Schools Superintendent William Smith said.

In addition to the wireless internet, 182 ThinkPad laptops and 46 mobile laptop labs were purchased. Also, three Tecnology Integration Specialists will be hired for two-year contracts, and will help train teachers on the multitude of new technology. In total, Cabell County received around $3.5 million in federal stimulus money.

As as part of the national recovery act, the money available was reserved for Title 1 schools, which are designated by the national government as being more at need.

The board hopes to extend some of the new services to the county's other schools, and is hoping more money from the government becomes available in the coming months.