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District reviews technology plan and Synergy rollout; cybersecurity membership now requires district cost share

Bethlehem Area School District board of directors · December 2, 2025
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Technology director Marie Bachman briefed the board on year‑2 Synergy implementation, StudentVUE mobile and kiosk rollout, analytics and MTSS capabilities, and rising cybersecurity costs as federal funding for MS‑ISAC-supported tools decreases and districts assume cost shares.

Marie Bachman, the district’s technology director, reviewed the annual technology plan and a second-year update on the district’s new student information system, Synergy. She described new modules that went live, a StudentVUE mobile app and a kiosk view for tardy scanning, and analytics and MTSS tools that staff use to identify and monitor students at risk.

Bachman said the district has continued to add modules and refine state reporting after year‑one implementation issues. "As of October 2025, we have brought up 2 other modules as well," she said, describing StudentVUE mobile and a kiosk view that prints a pass when a late student scans a QR code…

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