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Bland ISD technology director outlines device refresh, security exercises and system upgrades
Summary
Technology Director Shelli Wendland told the Bland ISD board the district is running a phishing exercise, staging refreshes for student devices (Grades 2, 5 and 9) and preparing a PC refresh affecting about 90 teacher laptops, plus camera/PA system procurement work.
At the May 8 meeting, Technology Director Shelli Wendland summarized year-end IT work and plans for device refreshes across Bland ISD.
Wendland said the district ran a phishing campaign exercise and is establishing a testing lab for IBCs. She described end-of-year tasks including student device check-in, inventory, repair and refresh, with planned rollouts for grades 2, 5 and 9. The minutes note a PC refresh affecting about 90 teacher laptops — "Juan prepping" roughly half — and a Spring/Summer rollout. Summer projects listed include replacing district desktop PCs with laptops, providing docking stations for office staff, reallocating Chromebooks to aides and paraeducators, resetting classrooms, and completing rostering for the new school year. Wendland also reported gathering vendor quotes and planning camera and Bell/PA system updates, including a Geovision camera replacement.
The item was recorded as an informational report; no board action or budget details for the upgrades are included in the public minutes.
