The Murfreesboro Technology Council donated 150 Hewlett-Packard laptop computers to the Murfreesboro City Schools in September. This was reportedly the largest non-grant-related technology donation in the school district’s history.

The school district, challenged with 13% of its students under the age of 18 living below the poverty line, needed more laptops for its tutoring program as well as for English language courses for the 900-plus students who are not native English speakers.

“I’m grateful for this opportunity to serve Murfreesboro and bring our passion for technology to this next generation of brilliant minds,” said Murfreesboro Technology Council founder Jon Hoscheit.

The Murfreesboro City School Board acknowledged the donation at its Sept. 26 meeting.

According to MTC board member Byron Glenn, the Technology Council is “focused on investing in our future leaders and giving them the technology resources they need. We will continue mentoring the Murfreesboro City Schools, administrators, teachers and students as their ad hoc technology resource.”

Founded in 2018, the Murfreesboro Technology Council is a nonprofit organization serving the needs of the community’s entrepreneurs, families, small business owners and students by offering free monthly technology learning programs and mentor programs. Membership is free. Most recently MTC has been presenting a teaching series on the future of artificial intelligence and its impact on productivity in business and everyday life. Hoscheit is also the founder of Data Suites Datacenters, a Murfreesboro-based, Tier 3-ready data security center for enterprise and small business users in Middle Tennessee, plus secondary data security for nationwide enterprise users.

For more information on MTC and its offerings, visit murfreesborotechnology.com.