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Pitt County Schools OKs $541,580.52 data‑center replacement to avert outages

Pitt County Schools Board of Education · May 5, 2026
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The school board approved a $541,580.52 replacement of district data‑center equipment, citing outages and loss of vendor support; the superintendent’s staff said the work will be completed over the summer to avoid instructional disruption.

Pitt County Schools’ board on May 6 approved a $541,580.52 complete replacement of the district data center, moving to update hardware officials said is more than a decade old and increasingly unsupported by vendors.

Julie Simpson, who presented the request, told the board the district’s data center “is the backbone of our district's technology…

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