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District presents IT upgrades, maintenance backlog and staffing challenges; transportation driver shortage highlighted
Summary
Department heads outlined operational improvements and capacity gaps: technology installed hundreds of security cameras and new access points; maintenance reported understaffing and a multi-million-dollar capital needs list; transportation has 56 drivers for 67 routes and is struggling to keep buses on time.
Administrators used the Feb. 10 committee meetings to present operational updates across technology, maintenance, human resources and transportation, highlighting improvements and staffing shortfalls.
Technology: Patrick Thiem, director of technology, told the board the department installed and configured 681 new security cameras, added roughly 70–78 wireless access points, upgraded virtualization and core network hardware, launched phishing simulations and rolled out a password manager (Bitwarden) for administrators. "We coordinated and installed and configured…
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