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Board approves 5-year extension for wide area network contract to maintain district fiber connectivity

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Board voted to extend the district'wide wide area network (fiber) contract with Contera for a 5-year term so the district can remain eligible for upcoming state/federal connectivity funding; staff said the district historically covered a 10% local share and the state covered the rest.

The Caswell County Board of Education approved a proposal to extend the district'wide wide area network (WAN) contract with Contera for a five-year term to preserve high-speed fiber connectivity linking schools and administrative sites and to maintain eligibility for forthcoming state/federal connectivity funding.

District technology staff explained the original WAN contract was a 10-year agreement that expires at the end of the 2025'26 school year; to…

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