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Board hears proposals for E‑Rate contracts, hotspots for unhoused students and network upgrades
Summary
Riverview Gardens administrators outlined E‑Rate-funded technology items including continuing WAN/Internet contracts, firewall license renewal, up to 350 hotspots for unhoused students, and switch upgrades to support Wi‑Fi improvements. No formal roll-call votes were recorded on these discussion items.
District technology and procurement staff asked the Riverview Gardens Board of Education to authorize continuation of existing E‑Rate contracts and proceed with several E‑Rate-funded purchases intended to expand and harden the district’s network.
Dr. Jocelyn Larry, the district’s technology presenter, told the board there is federal scrutiny of the E‑Rate program but recommended proceeding with current plans: "There is a movement going on in DC to defund, if you will, E Rate," she said, then urged the board to act as if funding will continue while staff make contingency plans.
Items discussed included continuing wide-area network and Internet service contracts (providers cited during the presentation included Charter, ENA and AT&T), renewal of a firewall license, purchase of cellular…
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