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Mount Sinai credits technology team for summer overhaul: 420 Chromebooks, Windows 11 upgrades and new Google domain
Summary
Superintendent reported a districtwide summer technology overhaul that reinstalled equipment in over 200 classrooms and offices, prepared more than 420 Chromebooks for students and launched a new student Google domain enabling Gmail for grades 7–12.
The Mount Sinai Union Free School District on Sept. 17 publicly recognized the district technology team for a summer technology overhaul that Superintendent Dr. Critchione said touched “nearly every classroom and office in the district.”
Dr. Critchione credited the director of technology, Mark Hannett, and the technology staff with removing and reinstalling equipment in more than 200 classrooms and offices so spaces could be cleaned and prepared for the school year. She said technicians upgraded classroom computers to Windows 11, redeployed smart boards, projectors, printers and speakers, and supervised student workers who assisted with the work.
The superintendent provided specific counts: the team prepared more than 420 new Chromebooks for students in grades 1, 5 and 9; installed additional devices for newly enrolled students; deployed new iMacs to the high school’s graphic-arts lab; ran more than 30 new network wires; installed additional network switches; and set up new virtual LANs to support upgrades to the phone and door-access systems.
Dr. Critchione also said the district launched a new student Google domain that enables district Gmail accounts for grades 7–12 and rolled out a student communication platform called Student Square to improve teacher-student communication. She described the technology work as positioning “our district to be future ready, innovative, and connected.”
The board gave the technology team a round of public recognition during the meeting and thanked director Mark Hannett by name for his leadership. No board action or budget vote for the summer work was recorded in the public transcript; the superintendent described the work as completed over the summer and continuing with daily support for staff and administrators.
The district highlighted that much of the work was done internally and in partnership with outside vendors to integrate complex systems; the superintendent said the upgrades were intended to make classrooms turnkey for teachers on the first day of school.
Ending note: The board’s public recognition included praise for custodial and clerical staff and two retirements announced during the meeting—custodian Bobby DeRosa and middle school principal secretary Karen Reddy—both thanked for long service to the district.
