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School board approves technology contract bids pending budget finalization; district staff warn of future large purchases
Summary
Talbot County school staff presented spring renewals and infrastructure replacements including firewall, network switches, wireless access points and leased fiber. The board voted to accept the bids as presented, contingent on final FY25 budget approval; administrators warned deferring replacements could increase costs next year.
Mr. Wilson, the district technology lead, presented four spring technology contract requests to the Talbot County Board of Education on March 19: replacement firewalls (recommended SonicWall via PC2 for You, Inc.), data switches for Easton Elementary (CDW-G bid), more than 100 wireless access points (recommended Juniper Mist through CDW-G) and a leased fiber conduit with Easton Utilities (noted as $1,200,000 spread over 5 years…
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