Staff propose prioritizing desktop refresh and teacher training in classroom technology plan

District technology staff said the top priority for near‑term spending is a staff (desktop) refresh, followed by elementary interactive displays and classroom audio systems as funding permits.

Joe Miracle summarized classroom hardware and inventory numbers, saying elementary classroom setups number roughly 146 and secondary classrooms about 168. He told the board that teachers overwhelmingly preferred desktops for reliability, and that a recent survey showed 97% of respondents would accept training on new classroom technology.

"97% of the people who responded said they would be willing to accept that training," Miracle said when presenting survey results, and presenters said the district will pair any hardware refresh with professional development to improve adoption.

Payne and Hower noted supply‑chain and pricing pressures — specifically rising memory costs driven by broader market demand — are increasing per‑unit desktop pricing. That reality, they said, will influence how many machines the district can replace in a given budget year and is a factor in the staggered multi‑year refresh plan staff described.

Staff said they will return to the board with recommended staff‑desktop purchase requests and with details showing how those purchases would be phased alongside student‑device and security priorities.