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Chandler Unified reports network upgrades, cybersecurity work and classroom tech rollout; offers AI guidance for staff
Summary
District technology leaders described major infrastructure upgrades, a near‑complete rollout of interactive flat panels, cybersecurity measures and initial guidance and training on educational AI during a study session presentation.
Colleen Flannery, a Chandler Unified technology lead, told the governing board the district has moved from a supporting role for technology into an essential, districtwide instructional resource, citing a post‑pandemic jump to one‑to‑one devices and expanded network needs. “Devices were our students' connection to learning, devices were teachers' connections to their students,” Flannery said during her presentation.
Flannery and technology staff described recent investments and operational changes meant to support instruction, testing and a growing set of online tools: roughly 43,000 student devices are in circulation, the district runs a one‑to‑one program and staff said an enterprise network now brings about 10 gigabits per second into the district office with about 3,000 wireless access points and roughly 850 network switches installed across 50 buildings.
Infrastructure, connectivity and equity
Presenters said the district used the federal…
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