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District staff present E‑Rate bids, network resiliency options and a device‑collection plan
Summary
Technology director presented two main Category 1 vendor routes (Comcast shared EPL vs. MetroNet leased/dark fiber), Category 2 bids for switches/wireless, current E‑Rate funding for the cycle and a plan to collect student devices by grade for inventory and reissue.
Kyle Frizzi, director of technology for West Aurora School District 129, briefed the board Feb. 18 on the district's final E‑Rate cycle, competitive bids for wide-area network resiliency and an upcoming device-collection plan.
The nut graf: Frizzi described two main network strategies — a lower-cost shared path offered by Comcast (an EPL-style managed product) and a MetroNet least-dark/leasing option that would place private fiber to provide greater resiliency and flexibility — and said the district would use remaining Category 2 E‑Rate funding to complete last-mile upgrades in the current cycle.
Frizzi said the district is drawing down the last of the current E‑Rate cycle and that category-discount levels increased this year to about 90% for Category 1 and 85% for Category 2 (as…
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