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Murray technology team to be honored for work on student device access
Summary
The Murray School District technology team was notified it will receive a national award recognizing efforts to expand digital access, including a program that gave homeless students second Chromebooks.
The Murray School District technology department will receive a national award from the Consortium for School Networking for its efforts to expand digital access and close education equity gaps, district technology coordinator Jason Mair told the board.
Mair said the district was nominated by a vendor, CTL, after a project last year that provided homeless students with second Chromebooks that could go home with them so devices remained charged and available. He said the district’s homeless headcount rose from about 50 students to about 120 at one time during the prior year and that the second‑device program aimed to reduce barriers to at‑home access.
Mair said the award notice arrived that afternoon and that the district had been asked to keep the recognition quiet until the award is presented at a conference in April. CTL has offered to bring a camera crew to work on a video highlighting the district’s work; Mair asked the board for permission to move forward with the video and to participate in interviews.
"This award came as a pretty big surprise to me because this is the single biggest award that exists that I know of in education in this country from inside of the technology side of education," Mair said. He described the award as bringing the district alongside larger districts that have received the honor and said the video will highlight items such as use of artificial intelligence for translation and other classroom supports.
Board members congratulated Mair and his team and agreed to participate in the planned video work.
