GISD MIS Technology Plan

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1 GISD Technology Plan Budget: Budget: Budget: Budget: Budget: Budget: Strategies BUDGET Actual Amendmen Comments Net ts $394, $81, $475, Erate Wireless District $0.00 match $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 Timeline: Person(s) Responsible: Notes: 1.10 Establish a Technology Life Cycle Replacement and Obsolescence Policy, for workstations, printers, and servers, and Schedule to replace existing desk top equipment that is at the end of life cycle and to introduce new technology. Design and implement technology hardware and peripherals upgrade standards. constructing the budget. Updated spreadsheet February Provide all technology required at any construction renovation facilities including network equipment, access equipment, network infrastructure, application and services. Plan budget and service for emergency technology repair, cable adds/moves/changes and maintenance supplies. Budget annually for replacement desktop PC's Weis campus planning for Submitted infrastructure estimate to David Dworsky, April, Prelimenary cost spreadsheet 2/27/2017. Included in annual budget constructing the budget submitted April, 2016 for Finance determination Budget annually for replacement laptops constructing the budget.

2 Budget annually for 1.15 Chromebooks constructing the budget. Trial successful at CVE March, Scott plans to order in summer Parker adding in summer Apply for Budget Amendments NETWORK As needed constructing the budget Monitor and manage the local area network access switches to provide the required bandwidth and service levels at the gigabit level. uses SolarWinds network monitoring software for real time network status Provide 10 Gig network fiber optic infrastructure throughout the district to support the needed access from students, teacher, administrators and staff to applications and resources. 10 Gig Fiber connection to every campus in the District is installed. Monitor network performance and status daily. Existing contract expires June 30, Rebid in fall 2016 to comply with Erate requirements Improve wireless access infrastructure, network switches and cable. Erate funded Additional WAP's for all campuses less Central in District provided Central's additional WAP's. Installation completed June, Testing and fine tuning July. Network switches supporting the WAP's have been installed and programmed.

3 2.13 Upgrade the campus main communication (MDF) and intermediate (IDF) closets with air conditioning units to extend the life of network electronics and provide consistent service from equipment hardware Augment the electrical power feed to the district data center in the Education Support Center to provide adequate power and UPS for the existing and planned equipment load at that location. ; Director of Facilities Data Center power is maximized from Center Point. Additional power is not available. Hosted services reduce the power load requirement in the Data Center. Campus MDF & IDF closets need cooling to extend equipment life and reliability Ensure equitable access to District Network and equipment for all students and employees and Provide remote access to District Network for employees. uses SolarWinds network monitoring software for real time network status. AeroHive provides wireless device monitoring for AeroHive devices. Cisco monitors Cisco WAP's Investigate participation in the high speed, high capacity statewide telecommunications network. PEIMS Skyward TSDS system adoption 2.16 Replace aging network switches constructing the budget submitted April, 2016 for Finance determination Replace aging UPS devices at campus MDF's constructing the budget submitted April, 2016 for Finance determination Implement Cisco Cloud based WAP Controller Dependent upon Cisco development.

4 Upgrade AeroHive WAP's to 2.19 latest version Erate funded Additional WAP's for all campuses AeroHive engineer reviewed setup in April, DATA CENTER/ 3.10 Provide equipment to maintain and control climate in the district data center in the Education Support Center. Leibert 5 ton AC unit in place; 2 additional ductless AC units have been added. Temperature monitored at all times with remote alarm notification through Facilities Replace aging servers constructing the budget submitted April, 2016 for Finance determination Maintain off site Skyward backup IS Corp provides off site daily backup service for both the Student and Finance systems. Catastrophe off site service is activated within 24 hours in the event of natural disasters (hurricanes) that incapacitate the Data Center Increase use of hosted services Eduphoria, Kronos, Imagine Learning, GISD Web Site and Office 365 are already in place Implement Azure Active Directory Cloud Service Implement Google Administration tool for Chromebooks Purchase order issued 6/21/2016. First stage implemented and undergoing testing in July, Purchase order issued 6/21/2016.

5 Add 3D acceleration to VDI at 3.16 Burnet 3.17 Upgrade LaserFiche server 3.18 Replace Skyward Server Budget Evaluation unit installed April, Second K1 GPU card ordered in July, Dell quote received for Budget input. Plan to replace in fall Skyward Auto populate for Student Looking into SIF solution/skybuild. May not use SIF if Azure AD is implemented. AD in use now; student population underway July, Add Students to Office 365 (mail & one drive) Timeline: 1. June 20th enable trial Azure Premium 2. June 27th contact Microsoft and work with an engineer on best practices 3. June 29th began studying and mapping out a strategy for implementation 4. July 5th Azure setup and configuration 5. July 7th Build Virtual AD /ADFS server 6. July 13th Testing 7. July 15th All systems running Evaluate Single Sign On solutions Part 1 implemented in July.

6 3.22 Pilot biometric authentication Plan for a Go Green (paperless) 3.23 initiative Reduce printer footprint districtwide June Provide sufficient personnel to enable to support the technology infrastructure in GISD. Current staff: Network manager (Brad), server manager (Rejone), all systems manager (Bridget), programmer (Aruna), tech supervisor (Lori), Senior PC support specialist (Rachael), Techs: Niki, Ian, Titus, Jeremy, Grant funded Kevin assigned to Ball. Grant funded positions expire Niki out on disability June, July and August. James moving to teacher position in August Grants will not replace the position Implement off site server backup constructing the budget. Not submitted in Implement Cloud based Virtual Servers 3.28 Implement Single Sign On Working with Microsoft to determine additional costs for virtual servers. Part 1 implemented in July Implement Skyward Active Directory Integration

7 Implement Cloud based Share 3.30 Point Working with Microsoft to determine additional costs for virtual servers Implement GISD Web Portal July August Migrate SQL to Azure Cloud Working with Microsoft to determine additional costs for virtual servers Migrate Student Accounts to Admin domain Find an archive solution for 3.34 AS400 files Outside consultant for Azure 3.35 migration Not started Cancelled Not required; migration assistance provided by Microsoft at no cost., DISTRICT, PEIMS 4.10 Pilot Bring You Own Device (BYOD) program. Monitor the number of students using BYOD devices at Ball. Looking into security issues Develop innovative funding and collaboration strategies with both public and private sectors to ensure that students have equitable and anytime, anywhere access to broadband communications and Build community support for anytime, anywhere Internet access through collaborative planning, education, public information and other means. ; asst supt for C&I Evaluate expanding Student WiFi home access in conjunction with Galveston County. No further word from Galveston County; appears to be on back burner now.

8 Investigate potential means of achieving and maintaining a 4.12 personal computing device ratio of 1:1 for both students and professional educators. Provide and maintain an infrastructure for communications with parents and community members through year round access to 4.13 school news, educational resources, data and personnel, via Alert Now, District Web Site, Skyward Parent Access, District listservs and comment tools Implement District Web Site and Teacher Web Pages via a webhosting environment. Dir of and Asst. Supt for C&I Communicati ons Communicati ons Rely on Grant funding. Potential very low. Partial parent information exists in Skyward. School Center migrating to SchoolWires; handled by Communications & Mariana in Curriculum Update technology work order system to one stop reporting system for PEIMS, Instructional Technology, and. SchoolDude Help Desk system in place Maintain District Services Guide Establish online job application platform for new hires Explore LMS systems integrated with Skyward On hold On hold ; HR Exec Director; Ass't Superintende nt Curriculum Curriculum Digital Manual will migrate to SchoolWires (or other web service) once that service is implemented. Data gathering for Skyward web based training. Working on HR assignment for ongoing management and support. Training purchase order once players are established. Project stopped by HR, April Meeting established with stakeholders for LMS needs assessment. Project on Hold.

9 4.19 Pilot One Note for Classrooms Part of Azure analysis Train for Office 365 Curriculum Plan being developed 4.21 Evaluate expanding SmartBoard deployment 4.22 Tech committee Budget requests: Replace Skyward Server, including Skyward support Budget Amendment, Grants Grant dependent First meeting May 23, Members: AIM: Jean Fullen CVM: Donna Western Weis: Toni Pearson Crenshaw: Elizabeth Rodau Austin: Amy Lakich Austin: Cathy VanNess Morgan: Dominque Freeman Morgan: Janita Washington Parker: Rachel Gibson Burnet: Shannon Clark Scott: Mitch Long CVE: Connie Squiers Oppe: Alice Prets Need $50, for Budget. New server installed January Need to replace aging computers. Over 5 years since last upgrade Not funded Need $67, for to purchase Micro PC's Chromebooks LCD projectors stockpile Not funded Not funded; used Budget to buy 15 for Back to School Conference. Need $30, for to purchase 100 Touch Chromebooks Need $6, for to purchase 10 Spares w/ceiling mnt.

10 Aging UPS Not funded Included in annual budget Aging Network switches Not funded Included in annual budget Aging Servers Not funded Included in annual budget