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Technology department reports system upgrades, 8,400 Chromebooks and stronger data controls
Summary
Technology staff reported districtwide upgrades including UPS battery backups, a LAN migration, new servers at each school, ParentSquare adoption (reaching 99.5% of families) and about 8,400 active Chromebooks with 2,600 slated for end-of-support in 2027.
Trey Chaney, presenting the technology department's annual update to the Morgan County Schools board, said the district completed a summer project to install UPS battery backups across its network infrastructure and upgraded core systems to improve reliability and security.
"We added battery backups to every network" Chaney said, explaining the change will help keep communications and the core network online during power outages. He told the board the district migrated to a single LAN provider to consolidate internet and transport services, purchased new domain controllers and installed new servers at each school to improve authentication and system stability.
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