Finance committee previews consent items: E-rate switches, copier lease, fleet replacements, customer-service platform

Proviso Township High School District 209's finance committee previewed several operational items that staff intends to place on the upcoming board consent agenda, including technology infrastructure work, a copier-lease refresh, a customer-service platform, vehicle replacements for grounds work and a building maintenance project.

Mike, a district technology staff member, summarized planned consent items including a student summer IT internship posting, an E-rate switch replacement project and a five-year copier lease renewal. On the E-rate project he said the district plans to expend the remainder of its E-rate funding in year 5 of the cycle and described a roughly $493,000 project with about $186,000 identified as local funds. "This little guy gives up all of our remaining e rate funding," Mike said, adding that the project will replace roughly 100 physical switches across the district (excluding core switches) and set the framework for future Wi-Fi upgrades.

The student summer IT internship will be posted should the board approve the consent item; staff described the posting as matching the stipend/rate…