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Instructional technology report: district inventories devices, work orders and new esports activity
Summary
Director George Ontiveros briefed trustees on device counts (about 4,000 Chromebooks, 350 iPads, ~650 laptops), roughly 3,000 annual work orders and expansion of esports programs at middle and high schools; trustees asked about AI use, cybersecurity and records scanning.
The board received the annual instructional technology report Thursday, covering the department’s structure, device inventory, service workload and extracurricular programming.
George Ontiveros, director of instructional technology, said the district manages nearly 4,000 Chromebooks, about 350 iPads and roughly 650 student laptops. The district remains a 2:1 environment for early grades (K–2) and 1:1 for grades 7–12, he said. The department handles roughly 3,000 work orders annually (about 350 per month) and oversees dozens of managed software products used for instruction and assessment.
Ontiveros described a five‑pillar organization (desktop support, phones/networking, SIS/data, print/digital production and curriculum/assessment liaison) and said technicians rotate assignments among buildings each year to increase consistency in support. He noted the department also manages digital signage, district phones and security camera systems in coordination with warehouse and security staff.
On extracurriculars, Ontiveros highlighted a growing esports program at Block Middle School and Central High School, citing student engagement and cross‑grade connections through PlayVS competitions.
Trustees asked about AI training and whether it had produced efficiencies. Ontiveros said the department has attended conferences and integrated selected AI tools into some workflows — ‘‘it’s almost like when texting first came out,’’ he said — but he cautioned that classroom practice and curriculum decisions are handled by curriculum staff. Trustees also raised cybersecurity and staff training questions; Ontiveros said the department is the district’s first line of defense against phishing and network threats and that a state grant supported some of the work. The board discussed concerns about digitizing employee records; administrators said employee files are primarily paper but shared drives are used for attorney exchanges and that the district is researching scanning vendors and the potential costs of a formal RFP.
No action was taken; trustees thanked the technology team for the report and asked for additional information on cybersecurity measures and proposed records‑scanning approaches.
