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2012 Bond Technology Upgrades
HISD will invest $100 million in technology upgrades at allschools to ensure staff and students are using the latest technology tools andapplications to create modern, flexible and safer teaching and learningenvironments.
The enhancements include network equipment upgrades andreplacements to improve the reliability and availability of high-speedInternet, wireless network expansion, a digital telephony system, andinstructional delivery devices such as projectors and interactive displays. Thegoal is to promote active student engagement.
The project, funded by the district’s $1.89 billion bondprogram, is a key component of HISD’s PowerUp initiative to ensure schools,students, and staff have equitable access to technology to support 21stcentury teaching and learning.
Work has begun at eight of the 15 campuses in Phase 1 of thispart of bond program and is anticipated to be completed by summer 2014. Additionalschools in subsequent phases of the bond program are being surveyed for networkimprovements and wireless expansion in order to create a schedule forimplementing future upgrades.
“As we’re thinking about our new campuses and preparing tobuild new facilities, these technology upgrades are essential and allow formore collaboration at a faster level,” said HISD Chief Technology Officer LennySchad.
“This is something that’s becoming very mainstream in schoolsystems and in the private sector across the country,” he said. “We are justsimply catching up to where most companies and infrastructure have alreadyarrived or are on their way to.”