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Caddo Parish School Board approves Presidio for endpoint detection under E‑Rate pilot, IT says 76% savings
Summary
The Caddo Parish School Board voted to approve Presidio Network Solutions LLC for RFP 03‑26, an endpoint detection and response contract funded in part through an E‑Rate pilot the district was selected to receive; district IT said the program will cut annual costs by about 76%.
The Caddo Parish School Board on a special-session vote approved awarding RFP 03‑26 for endpoint detection and response to Presidio Network Solutions LLC after staff described an E‑Rate pilot that reduces the district’s annual antivirus/device protection costs by roughly 76 percent. Board members moved and seconded the action and then voted to approve it.
The district’s superintendent introduced the item and turned discussion to the district’s new director of information technology, Ricky Jones, who described the E‑Rate selection and the scope of the endpoint detection and response service. “So it’s going to save us about, I wanna say, about 76% on what we pay on an annual basis. So I think it’s a great opportunity for us,” Jones said.
Jones told the board the E‑Rate pilot is a new opportunity and that a funding “bucket” of about $200,000,000 was available nationally; Caddo Parish School System was selected as a recipient to participate. He compared the service to consumer antivirus software, saying the district needs that protection on “every device in the district to make sure we’re protected from threats.”
Board member Shale made the motion to approve the Presidio proposal as shown in the attached scoring tabulation; Miss Yates seconded the motion. The meeting record shows the board voted; a formal tally was not read aloud on the transcript.
Superintendent Burton and IT staff did not present a finalized itemized budget in the discussion on the record; board members pressed only briefly for broader departmental notification about the savings. One board member, John Little, joked about voluntarily reducing board pay in response to the savings discussion; the comment did not affect the motion or outcome.
The board’s approval authorizes the district to proceed with the contract award to Presidio Network Solutions LLC under RFP 03‑26 for endpoint detection and response, pending any routine contracting steps required by district policy and E‑Rate program rules. The transcript did not specify a contract start date, annual dollar amount to the vendor after E‑Rate discounts, or a formal roll-call vote tally.
The item appeared during a special session in which the board also conducted interviews and an appointment for a vacant District 8 seat. Board staff framed the endpoint detection item as a pilot funded in part through the federal E‑Rate program; the district will follow the E‑Rate program’s administrative and contracting requirements for implementation.
