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IT director reports server upgrade, Chromebook refresh and SIMS cleanup
Summary
The committee heard that the district’s IT work over the summer included cleaning and inventorying Chromebooks, installing a prototype server with DNS/DHCP and Active Directory, upgrading classroom PCs and resolving a SIMS graduation-status issue for promoted fifth graders.
The district’s IT director reported a multi-part summer technology update to the school committee: all student and teacher Chromebooks were cleaned, wiped, labeled and tracked in an inventory; a prototype server was installed with new DNS and DHCP services and an updated Windows Server installation configured with Active Directory; and new classroom PCs were received and are being fitted with upgraded operating systems.
The administrator reported a network-attached storage server installation and a completed SIMS report that required manual corrections after the system incorrectly assigned graduate status to fifth graders promoted to sixth grade. The IT director said he is compiling a spreadsheet of broken or outdated electronics for disposition and noted a creative technical workaround that reduced costs for the PC upgrades.
Committee members praised the work and acknowledged the large summer effort to ready devices and network infrastructure before school begins. No formal action was required; the report was informational.
