HARTFORD –Today, U.S. Senator Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) announced his participation in the U.S. Senate Computers for Schools program, which donates surplus used computers to schools around the country. The Computers for Schools Program was created in 1999 in an effort to help public schools take advantage of information technology by sending computers the Senate no longer uses into classrooms that need them. Murphy was able to send 25 computers from the U.S. Senate to five Connecticut schools through this program.

Local officials in Connecticut partnered with Murphy to identify schools that would benefit most from these computers. This week, the computers were sent to the John Barry School in Meriden, the Paul Laurence Dunbar School in Bridgeport, New Britain High School in New Britain, Hartford Public High School, and the Fred D. Wish School in Hartford, which is located in Hartford’s proposed Promise Zone.

“Technology is a great equalizer and powerful tool for our students to succeed in the highly competitive and global economy. These Senate computers will enable our kids to learn new skills and achieve their goals, and I’m so glad that we were able to make this donation happen,” Murphy said.