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District technology director warns of soaring device costs, urges board to weigh funding and program changes
Summary
Tim Miles, Steamboat Springs School District No. Re 2 director of technology, told the board on March 2 that global shortages and steep price spikes for memory and hardware have pushed device-replacement costs far above prior budgets, prompting the district to prepay some orders and consider changes to its 1:1 Chromebook program or new local funding.
Tim Miles, director of technology for Steamboat Springs School District No. Re 2, told the board on March 2 that sudden, industry-wide price increases for memory and storage components have driven the district’s device and infrastructure costs sharply higher, and that the district has already prepaid some purchases to lock in next-year prices.
"Cyber is huge," Miles said during his presentation, describing repeated phishing and impersonation attacks against district staff and examples of payroll fraud. "It's getting very serious," he added of the threat landscape.
Miles walked trustees through the district’s long-running enterprise network and regional role in Northwest Colorado Broadband, then moved to…
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