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Shenendehowa presents technology, cybersecurity and Maxwell upgrade plans
Summary
District technology director outlined completed and planned work including multi‑factor authentication, wireless and wired upgrades using e‑rate, an $800,000 Smart Schools allocation for Maxwell, device rollouts, and a NIST‑based incident response plan with planned tabletop exercises.
Ray Nardelli, the district’s director of information management systems, told the Shenendehowa Central School District Board of Education at a Sept. study session that the district is continuing several multi‑year technology initiatives and adding new operational safeguards.
Nardelli said last year’s rollouts included multi‑factor authentication for staff Google accounts, replacement of high‑school classroom desktops with mobile devices, and completion of a district wireless network. He told the board there were “over 300,000 student connections in the past 12 months” to the district’s Magic School platform and that only one staff group remained to finish MFA enrollment.
Why it matters: The district framed the items as…
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