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FULL SPEED AHEAD:

Today’s schools are dependent This year, the District finished a
on technology. Online curriculum, project to upgrade its two main
remote learning, student testing, internet circuits from 10G to 50G,
hand-held devices, are all competing giving the District a total of 100G of
for fast, reliable internet. The internet bandwidth. This increase not
District’s internet service has become only meets the demands of today but
an important element in the overall allows for the growth over the next
success in education, making the coming years. Upgrading the internet
demand for high speed internet at speeds is just one part of providing
over 200 District locations a critical fast reliable internet for the schools.
project.

While planning the District’s internet
bandwidth, the increase in the
number of students per year, and
the growing number of devices that
teachers and students use in the
classroom were considered. From
smartphones to smart watches, from
robots to Virtual Reality headsets,
every device needs to get out to the
internet fast and secure.

Elementary and Middle School CrisisAlert
Server Refresh
The CrisisAlert system provided our schools with a
badge-based panic alert security system. The project
The IT Server Team is committed to ensuring that all
required the installation of a gateway to each location
schools have the highest performing, most secure
and stable server environment in support of student router and a data drop to each PA system in 177
schools and 28 ancillary facilities.
technology initiatives. This effort includes consideration
for the smallest available footprint and the most
cost-effective solution while maintaining enterprise External Campus Wi-Fi Expansion
level support. Typically, all school server hardware is
upgraded on a 5-year cycle. During the 2021/2022 The project included installing at least one external
year, the team completed the Middle School Server wireless device in each school’s bus loop and the
Refresh project and are currently working to complete car dismissal area. This supports several important
the Elementary School Server Refresh project by Spring initiatives, including the school dismissal process, bus
Break 2023. video retrieval and bus coordinator iPad projects.

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