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District recommends $224,000 recabling at middle and high schools; E‑Rate funding expected to offset most cost
Summary
District technology staff recommended replacing legacy CAT‑3/CAT‑5 structured cabling at Williamson Middle and High schools to CAT‑6/CAT‑6a to support modern data rates and Power over Ethernet; board moved the procurement to the March meeting pending E‑Rate funding.
James, a district technology staff member, recommended that the board replace legacy structured cabling at Williamson Middle School and Williamson High School to support modern hardware and Power‑over‑Ethernet devices.
At the Feb. 3 meeting he said exploratory work showed cabling in the middle and high schools dates from the 1990s (CAT‑3/CAT‑5) and does not support modern data rates or POE. He recommended upgrading to CAT‑6 and CAT‑6a cabling. Bidding for the work produced a low offer from AMCOM; the presenter said AMCOM’s best offer read at bid opening was…
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