FY 08

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• FY 08
• Department of Technology
• Budget Proposal
• January 27, 2007

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Department of Technology

• Overview of Need
• Replace equipment as needed (goal is 5 yr
  rotation - reality is 7 yr
• Install a fiber network to provide needed
  bandwidth between schools

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Department of Technology

• How was budget formed?
• Met with school administrators and technology
  personnel
• Looked at parity across District
• Prioritized need for increased speed and
  decreased requests for equipment

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Department of Technology

• Network needs
• Last year failed bid for Fiber network - used
  interim VPN solution, moved servers and installed
  new firewalls
• - Central Office response time decreased
• - Other buildings increased
• Bottom line response time issues are currently a
  problem and leave no room for growth or expansion
  of services

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Department of Technology

• Fiber Network
• Bid again have qualified responder
• Fiber will be 1000 faster on upload and 125
  faster on download need this for email, online
  grade books, management of servers, in-house
  remote backup of data, monitoring of network
  devices
• Cost for this major increase is almost the same
  as an increase of 100 (which would not leave
  room for growth VoIP, etc.)
• No other viable solution in our area
• W/O fiber we will not be able to replace
  telephones with VoIP (in future)
• Continue use of new firewall excellent product

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Department of Technology

• Computer Supplies
• Per pupil allocation increased this year from
  7.43 to 8.25. FY07 schools did not have enough
  in their supply budget.
• Total FY07 - 37901.
• Total FY08 - 34,339. Central office decreased
  by 6,460

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Department of Technology

• Administrative Technology (staff laptops)
• 67,458 in FY07
• 53,200 in FY08
• Staff laptops replacing 6 and 7 year old laptops.
  Increasingly buying tablets!

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Department of Technology

• Professional Development for Technology
• FY07 5,000
• FY08 8,300

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Department of Technology

• Computer Hardware (equipment for student use)
• FY07 142,626
• FY08 193,100
• Large initiative to place fixed projectors in HS
  use of tablets by teachers has dramatically
  increased demand from teachers!

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Department of Technology

• Software and Licensing
• FY07 56,282
• FY08 50,200
• Includes ConnectEd, UnitedStreaming,
  WebCalendar, Parent/Teacher Conf Scheduler,
  AtomicLearning, DiscoveryHealth, and more

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Department of Technology

• District Telephone
• FY07 108,000
• FY08 111,620

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Department of Technology

• Conclusion
• We end our first 3year lease which was big
  (150K) and get new 90K lease to cover
  replacement equipment
• Add a lease for the NRC of the fiber network
  off set by ERATE reimbursement first year
• Yearly cost of network will increase from 73,920
  to 155,820 for fiber network