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Canal Winchester technology team reports large Chromebook recovery, cybersecurity steps and AI plans
Summary
District technology director presented inventory and infrastructure gains — about 1,000 recovered Chromebooks (avoiding roughly $300,000 in purchases), server consolidation and stronger cybersecurity steps, including adoption of a state framework and work toward Ohio Cyber Reserve safe harbor.
Dr. Cooley, the district’s technology presenter, told the Canal Winchester Local School District board on Sept. 8 that the technology team has consolidated inventory, tightened infrastructure and advanced cybersecurity while preparing for new state requirements. The presentation said the district recovered about 1,000 usable Chromebooks and avoided procuring devices for the current school year — a savings the presentation estimated at about $300,000.
The technology team reported a drop in support-ticket resolution times from an average of 2.7 days before the current staff took over to “less than seven hours” on average; during the busiest back‑to‑school period the team averaged 2.7 hours. Dr. Cooley said the district reduced the number of local servers by about 50% through consolidation and migrated some applications to the cloud.
The presentation…
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