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Technology budget trims spending overall but requests $48K for cameras and funds for device replacements
Summary
The district’s technology budget is slightly down year over year, but tech staff requested $48,000 to fill camera blind spots at all schools, detailed teacher‑device replacements and UPS lifecycle needs, and described growing cybersecurity workload.
The Bedford School District presented a technology budget that, overall, is slightly lower year‑over‑year, but includes discrete requests to address security blind spots and replace aging equipment.
Larry Baker, director of technology, said the FY27 technology budget shows about a 1.3 percent decrease after removing one‑time kindergarten startup funding from the prior year. Baker asked trustees for a $48,000 request to add cameras that would fill internal and external blind spots across all six district schools. He said the district surveyed camera…
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