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Summer Projects

We get asked quite often, what does the tech team do over the summer. With all the students and staff gone, we get a lot done!!!



We collected 1200 High School student MacBooks. 800+ have been re-imaged and organized to redistribute to 11th and 12th graders. We received shipment of our 480 NEW 10th grade devices, Acer 180 spin ChromeBooks. These have been added to inventory and prepared for distribution for when students return in August. 





Annually, we refresh 120 staff MacBooks. We got these devices in and prepared them to be distributed in August. 





We received 750 HP G6 ChromeBooks, which are our 1:1 devices for our 6th graders and will be used for our classroom sets in 4th grade. These devices were unpackaged, added to inventory and prepared for distribution in August. 




We also brought the new Early Childhood Center online. This included new switches, wireless access points, and IP phone system. Also, Prairie View is in process of remodel and we updated switches and some wireless access points. 



We also completed many other tasks. 

  • Changed Internet Service Providers
  • New core switch at Prairie Point
  • Update in ground fiber to create a more stable and reliable network





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