These projects were presented to the Board of Education at WTHS on
Tuesday, May 22, 2001.
| Needs to be Addressed |
Description of Solution |
| Update of antiquated machines: Replace
aging machines in 2 Almond Business Ed Labs and 1 O'Plaine Group
Instruction Lab. Current machines are too slow for current
software and curricular demands. |
Deploy
Citrix (thin client) servers, allowing us to use older computers
while providing fast computing. New monitors, scanners and
printers for 213, 119, and O'Plaine business ed lab are included
in this cost. This plan costs less than buying new machines and
provides access for many more students. |
| Increased student access to work stations: Increasingly,
we are unable to provide enough stations for students to use
computers in our library labs. |
The
Citrix solution will allow us to take 72 older machines that were
replaced last year and put them into study hall and library
locations for student use. Cost is for additional memory, carts,
and printers; no new machines will be purchased here. |
| Wireless extension of network: Study
halls, transportation barn, and Room 204 need network access.
Wireless is a viable, inexpensive way to extend our network. |
Install
wireless access points to service 2 libraries, 4 study halls, Room
204 and transportation. Cost includes wireless NIC's for client
machines, engineering and support, installation. Title VI funding
will be used for a portion of the cost. |
| Upgrade Student Information System:
Support for current software will be discontinued soon; Tech Plan
goal is to provide more information for parents. |
Install PowerSchool. Cost includes training, software cost, and
maintenance for first year. |
| Upgrade District Finance/HR System: Current
system is frought with glitches, weak in HR functions, cumbersome
to manage. |
Investigate,
select, and implement new software system under direction of CSBO. |
| Annual computer replacement: Replacement
of some outdated computers and additional laptops for additional
staff. |
Provides
16 replacement computers and laptops for 10 additional staff. |
| Miscellaneous: LCD projectors in labs are
dimming with age. Publications work demands more powerful color
printer. |
Upgrade
LCD projectors in computer labs. Color laser for Pub lab. |
| Upgrades to network: Increased network
traffic and computer use and more computers--equals need for
additional electronics and upgrades to software. |
Provides
4 additional servers, additional network switches, and software
upgrades for network operations serving both schools, all
departments. |
| Power upgrade: Required to support media
system and computers in classrooms. We did the north ½ of
O'Plaine building last year; south ½ (including art wing) still
needs this additional power. |
Upgrade
power in remaining classrooms at OP for computers and media mg't
system, install power in Room 204. |
| Media Management System Expansion: Existing
OP systems need to be rack-mounted to address safety, power, and
space issues; head ends need additional source devices to handle
load. 5 locations at Almond currently have no media system. |
Install
new sources in head ends, install 15 additional classroom
locations with
ceiling mounts (10 at OP, 5 at Almond), install 29 ceiling mounts
in existing O'Plaine classrooms. This represents Phase II; Phase
III will complete the media system installation during FY2003. |
Acknolwedgements