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DCG tech report highlights phishing incident, E‑Rate funding and bus‑tracking upgrade

Dallas Center-Grimes Comm School District · December 18, 2025
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Summary

Director of Technology Steven Hopper briefed the board on a recent staff account compromise that sent roughly 3,000 internal emails (remediated), the district’s E‑Rate funding allocation and plans to install fiber to the operations campus; the board also approved a Transfinder GPS upgrade to enable bus tracking for parents.

District technology and transportation matters featured prominently in the meeting. Steven Hopper, the district’s director of technology, delivered his annual report and described staffing, partnership work and operational priorities.

Hopper said the district saw a phishing incident in the 24 hours before the meeting when one staff account was compromised and used to send about 3,000 emails internally; staff remediated the account, purged approximately 2,700 of the…

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