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Summer
Projects
June 27, 2005
 Summer
is one of the busiest times in Plano ISD. While students
are vacationing and participating in summer activities,
school district employees are working on projects
that are integral to the success of the upcoming
school year and beyond. Major projects
include the
construction of two new elementary schools. (Pictured:
Students anticipate the completion of the new McCall
Elementary School).
Athletics
Department
- Event Scheduling
- Middle Schools:
Sports: Volleyball, Football, Tennis, Basketball, Track
Levels: Boys and Girls/7th A &B, 8th A&B
- High Schools:
Sports: Volleyball, Football, Tennis, Basketball, Wrestling,
Baseball, Softball, Track
Levels: Boys and Girls/9th A &B, 10th
- Senior High Schools:
Sports: Cross Country, Volleyball, Football, Tennis, Basketball,
Golf, Wrestling, Swimming and Diving, Soccer, Baseball, Softball, Track
Levels: Boys and Girls/Junior Varsity, Varsity
- Hiring of athletic personnel in cooperation with
Cluster Athletic Directors and campus principals
- Weekly Staff Meetings
- Preparation of Athletic purchasing bids as needed
- Order all athletic equipment, uniforms, and supplies
for senior high schools, high schools, and middle
schools (20 schools)
- Inventory and distribution to campuses of all
athletic equipment, uniforms, and supplies
- Football Season Tickets:
For Plano Senior High, Plano East Senior High, Plano West Senior High -
Renewals by mail for current season ticket holders (June-July)
Sales to the general public (August)
- Summer Strength and Conditioning Programs:
June 6 – July 14 @ Plano Senior High, Plano East Senior High, and Plano
West
Senior High
- Marketing and Special Events
Athletic Event Sponsors
Advertising
- Facility Rentals
- Plano ISD Athletic Website updates
- Construction Projects:
- Track Repairs (Plano Senior High)
- Clark Stadium renovations/repairs (w/Facility
Services)
- Clark Central Field (w/New Construction)
- Preparation for Plano ISD Athletic Department
Inservice for all athletic personnel:
- PowerPoint presentation
- Staff Manual
- University Interscholastic League forms
- Pre-participation Physical Evaluation-Medical
History
- Acknowledgement of Rules
- Steroid Information
- UIL Parent Information Manual
- UIL 2005-06 Calendar
- Parent/Coach Communication Guide
- Booster Club Guidelines
- Extracurricular Guidelines
- Plano ISD athletic forms
- Student insurance
- CPR/1st Aid Training and Certification
- “Assistant Coach” Web Site - Staff
Inservice
- Preparation for 2005-06 School Year:
- District 8-5A Executive Committee Meetings
- Transportation arrangements for all athletic
events
- Shuttle Transportation arrangements
- Bus driver certification
- Preparation of athletic fee information
and forms for campus registrations
- Preparation of athletic event game reports
and ticket supplies
Business
Services Division
Financial Services
- Administer all “roll forward” tasks
in order to begin new budget year on July 1
- Close out all 2004-05 purchase orders; load budget
to general ledger
- Work with technology department/consultants to
develop financial applications on new district
T.E.A.M.S. database software
- Order financial forms and move files to storage
- Prepare materials and conduct staff inservice
training for office managers and other administrators
and paraprofessional staff regarding finance, travel,
database management, Program PASAR (after-school
care) online payments, etc.
- Prepare for external auditors’ review of
district's financial data
Conduct PASAR registration (late and early for parents), and prepare/print/mail
statements to parents
- Process hundreds of new, transferring, and terminated
employees; Submit forms to TRS (Teacher Retirement
System) for all retiring employees
- Initialize contracts for 12- and 11-month contract
employees
- Grant leave to employees for new fiscal year
- Update Internet and Intranet sites
- Plan 2005-06 meetings
- Send bulk mailing of Technology Letter to Parents
(ePay)
- Interview applicants and select five new financial
services department staff members
- Reconfigure/renovate financial services department
area
Facility Planning & Construction
- Manage construction of two new elementary schools,
Hunt and McCall (in eastern portion district)
- Manage the following renovation projects, which
have various completion dates:
- Davis Elementary – total renovation
- Clark sports stadium – resurface
field / re-roof press box
- Vines High School / Service Center – paving
improvements
- Shepton High School – science wing
addition
- Jasper High School – science wing
addition
- Williams High School – science wing
addition
- Bowman Middle School – kitchen renovation
- Plano Senior High School – kitchen
renovation
- Vines High School – kitchen renovation
- Memorial Elementary – classroom addition
- Hedgcoxe Elementary – cafeteria addition
- Daffron Elementary – cafeteria addition
- Brinker Elementary – cafeteria addition
- Barron – early childhood conversion
- Hickey Elementary – kindergarten
conversion
Auxiliary Services
- Conduct manager and employee interviews
- Continue hiring staff to fill attrition and to
staff the two new elementary schools
- Support the feeding needs of the summer school
programs
- Support the City of Plano Parks and Recreation
Summer Feeding Program
- Conduct Menus Training Curriculum for employees
- Test recipes for elementary and secondary
- Prepare menus for the new school year
- Prepare and submit grocery orders for beginning
of the year
- Prepare departmental calendars for the school
year
- Plan and organize in-services for school year
- Update files and manuals in preparation of the
05-06 School Year
- Prepare for the opening of two new Elementary
Schools (Hunt & McCall)
- Attend Training sessions
- Complete all the bids for goods and services
for this school year
- Close out this fiscal and school year
- Ramp up to start the bidding cycle for the new
school year
- Run 96 routes daily to support the transportation
needs of all summer school programs
- Install digital cameras on all regular route
buses plus 15 spare buses
- Replace the entire bus parking lot
- Continue to hire and train staff to fill driver
and assistant attrition.
- Complete the transition to a new routing system,
including district wide access to routing and student
info
- Complete route efficiency analysis
- Complete route design for new school year
- Complete review, evaluation, and re-write of
internal policies and procedures
- Redesign departmental Intranet and Internet pages
Warehouse
- Conduct annual warehouse inventory
- Move materials around the district due to boundary
changes for new schools
- Conduct Diversity training class
- Conduct forklift training
- Conduct Fixed Assets inventory for Distribution
Services
- Complete record retention project
Textbooks
- Conduct 28 campus textbook audits
- Continue ongoing testing, evaluation, and pilot
preparation for the new textbook inventory management
system
- Fill and deliver textbook orders for next year-PISD
campuses and other districts
- Pick up out of adoption textbooks from all campuses
- Move bilingual materials to new bilingual program
locations
Fixed Assets
- Continue ongoing disposition of surplus/obsolete
equipment, material, and furniture.
- Conduct online auctions, as needed, to dispose
of items no longer needed by the District.
Copy Services
- Run copy jobs to support the needs of the Testing
department and campuses for the next school year
- Complete Copy Center billing
- “ Summer School” support:
- Support the copying needs of the various
summer school programs
- Complete district wide mail runs daily
- Process textbook orders
- Move special needs students’ equipment
to designated locations
Communications
Department
- Assist relocating families and Realtors with
general questions about the school district (ongoing)
- Plan “New Teacher Dinner” to be attended
by approximately 700 new teachers on July 28 at
Southfork Ranch, including working with the Plano
Chamber of Commerce to provide goody bags for new
teachers
- Plan back-to-school “Employee Convocation” event
to be attended by approximately 6,500 employees
on August 2 at Prestonwood Church
- Serve as liaison to news media regarding information
requests / school district publicity (ongoing)
- Annual update of District Web site
(www.pisd.edu) general/school information and
photos
- News updates to District Web site home page/News
section (ongoing)
- Update/redesign school district publications,
including calendar book, student/parent policy
guide (English and Spanish), maps, school board
brochure, school directories, etc.
- Oversee mailing of 2005-06 Plano ISD Official
School Calendar to all Plano ISD families’ homes
- Oversee distribution of 2005-06 Student/Parent
Policy Guide to all students via schools
- Produce/compile 7,000 Employee Packets of information
to be distributed in late July
- Send “eNews Updates” to PISD's 14,000+
subscribers periodically throughout the summer
- Update school volunteer coordinator and teacher
handbooks and training materials
- Review and renew school district partnerships
- Update partnership program, including handbook
and training materials
- Work with Murphy Chamber of Commerce to develop
new partnerships
- Add employee discounts to employee-only Intranet
site
- Re-edit Plano ISD district video: "A Quality
Advantage"
- Produce introduction to Hedgcoxe Elementary School
video
- Film and edit "community welcome" for July 28
New Teacher Dinner video
- Re-edit music video for August 2 Employee Convocation
- Configure and install new TV Studio equipment
purchased through 2004 Bond Program, and learn
new video editing software
- Welcome new Executive Director Carol Hoey in August and new board
members Mark Ball, Leslie Mitchell "Mitch" Bramlett, Sue
Kay, Timothy Moorehead, Kelly Palmer, Robin Joseph-Williams
and Michelle Parks
- Participate in annual goal-setting retreat
- Serve on host committee for D/FW Philanthropy Conference, with
more than 275 attendees
- Close out buget accounts for successful fiscal year in which the
Foundation surpassed its fundraising goal of $500,000
- Print/distribute to schools "Plano ISD 2005-06 School Calendar"
refrigerator magnets, sponsored by the Foundation
and funded by Medical Center of Plano (to be sent home with
students)
- Prepare for August 23 and 24 Educator Incentive Grant Workshops
and August 25 Educator Incentive Grants Celebration
Fair
- Prepare donor materials for distribution in "back-to-school"
student packets
- Design/print 2005-06 employee contribution campaign materials
Facilitate the following classes:
- “Conversational Spanish” - free for
Plano ISD employees
- “Back to Basics” - A parenting series
designed specifically for parents who have been
CPS or court-ordered to take parenting classes.
June 27, July 11 & 25
- “Growing through Single Parenting” -
6:30 to 7:30 p.m.; Wednesdays 6/15 - 7/20 at First
Baptist Church, Berry Building, Room #B202; $50
per person/ $75 couple. Childcare provided.
- “Hot Topics for Parents,” 6:30 to
7:30 p.m., Wednesdays at First Baptist Church Berry
Building Room #B205:
6/15 - Who 's in the Driver's Seat? Establishing Parental Control
6/22 - I Gotta Be Me! Children and Self-Esteem
6/29 - Pick Up Your Socks! Teaching Children Responsibility
7/6 - I Never Planned to Yell So Much! Setting Limits & Following Through,
Part I
7/13 - I Never Planned to Yell So Much! Setting Limits & Following Through,
Part II
7/20 - Growing Up Too Fast
7/27 - I Can Do It! Developing a Positive Attitude
- Practical Parent Education Initial Training for
Parent Educators, July 26, 27, and 28.
Curriculum & Instruction
Division
Elementary Curriculum & Instruction
and Multilingual Education
- Coordinate instructional program at PAL summer schools
- Coordinate
Writing Leadership Academy for teachers
- Plan training
for July New Teacher Inservice
- Plan training for
August Curriculum Professional Development
- Plan
training for July Principals Workshops
- Train “Sheltered Instruction
Observation Protocol” campus training
teams
- Order materials for new programs and all elementary schools
- Complete
grant requirements for accelerated reading and
mathematics
- Update/revise curriculum in reading/language
arts, math, science and social studies, with 50
Plano ISD teachers Continue improving Electronic
Curriculum Planner in the areas of math and language
arts
- Update district Internet pages for all elementary
curriculum areas
- Review curriculum materials and
software for all subject areas
- Update handbook for
grading and portfolios
- Update and revise the Dual
Language Curriculum (English & Spanish)
- Develop district diagnostic
assessments in reading/language arts, math, and
science
- Analyze/evaluate TAKS data and final exam
data for program implications
- Conduct committee
planning meetings on curriculum differentiation
(to meet the instructional needs and learning styles
of individual students)
- Prepare/deliver new dyslexia
teacher training
- Attend state supervisor meetings
in Austin
- Develop TITLE III Grant (for bilingual
and limited-English-speaking students)
- Complete
end-of-year evaluation reports for all state
and federal grants
Secondary Curriculum & Instruction
- Manage various curriculum development projects in collaboration
with more than 100 Plano ISD teachers
- Plan staff development training
for New Teacher
Inservice and "Back-to-School" Teacher
Inservice
- Support programming for students receiving Extended School Year
services or who are enrolled in Summer School
- Conduct preschool evaluations
to meet Child Find mandate
- Conduct school-age evaluations
for students referred at end of year
- Train team
leaders/principals in new scheduling and staffing
model
- Train teachers/principals for working with
students with significant behavior challenges and
develop guidelines for dealing with challenging
behavioral concerns
- Conduct “School-wide Positive Behavioral
Supports” training for
one elementary campus
- Train new team members for autism evaluations
- Develop adaptive curriculum
and train instructional staff for the “Augmentative
and Alternative Communication” classroom opening in August
- Plan training
for teachers/paraprofessionals in co-teaching, use of peer tutors, flexible
grouping, multilevel
instruction and literacy strategies
- Update “Encore” and
reconfigure server arrangement for better productivity
- Prepare
tutorials for new features of “Encore,” available next
school year
- Develop/create a bank of IEP (Individual Education Plan) goals
and objectives in “Encore” that reflect the speech therapy
assessment and therapy curriculum
- Finalize the “Language Eligibility
Framework” for identifying
students with language impairments
- Revise assessment for low incidence disabilities
and tie goals and objectives to criteria that has
been assessed
- Develop guidelines for evaluating
students who need an alternate type of evaluation
for eligibility and educational
programming
- Study assessment options for students
who function at least two grade levels below their
grade placement in secondary
campuses - make recommendations
for what to purchase or develop locally
- Translate into Spanish the forms
for ARD/IEP (Admission, Review, Dismissal / Individual
Education Plan)
- Refine the alternate course assignment
information for secondary campuses
- Develop district
procedures for evaluating VI students
- Work with “Beyond High
School” staff on programming for a few
students who do not fit the typical programming model
- Provide additional
activities for the “Integrated Curriculum Writing
Project” to scaffold instruction for students with unique needs,
including ELL and special education students
- Identify supports for “Secondary
Science Curriculum Writing Project” for
students who are eligible for special education services and who participate
in general education courses
- Develop three-year plan for the delivery
of special education services
- Conduct interviews
- Develop training for New Teacher Training and
Professional Development days
- Write curriculum for career education
- Order equipment and supplies
- Hire judges for next year’s
events and order awards
- Curriculum writing for 9-12
Oral Interpretation and Debate courses
- Screen interviews
for open teaching positions
- Two weeks of summer
band camp and one week of summer orchestra camp
- Four
weeks of summer elementary music camp
- Update Internet
and Intranet departmental websites
- Plan for implementation
of CHARMS Music Management System, a web-based
data management system designed
for music programs to track inventory, fundraising
activities, uniform and instrument check-out, contest entries and more
- Secure
adjudicators for Spring 2006 music festivals
- Compile
fine arts events and academic competitions calendar
for 2005-2006
- Conduct departmental staff annual
reviews
- Order equipment for new schools and expanding
programs
- Process new private music contractor applications
- Conduct 10 Days
of teacher training in the Kodály music method in
collaboration with UNT
- Plan two days of new teacher inservice training
- Plan two days of "Back
to School" professional development training
Special Academic Services
- Complete grant applications for Even Start, all Title Programs
(9), and Life Skills Program for pregnant and parenting students
- Write
parent involvement handbook for PASP (Plano Academic
Support Program) http://k-12.pisd.edu/currinst/pasp/index.htm
- Order
instructional and professional development materials
Conduct federal government survey of all agricultural
activities within PISD boundaries and if migrant
workers are employed.
- Complete and submit “Title” programs
compliance reports
Submit NCLB (No Child Left Behind) highly qualified
compliance report
- Plan and conduct activities for
migrant students
- Complete annual staff evaluations
- Monitor the Paraprofessional Institute
- Coordinate with Collin County
Community College for paraprofessional program
- Conduct
Even Start Program summer school
- Plan with program
staff and principals - Even Start, Expectant
Parent, School Age Parent, Title programs, PASP
- Process state assessment test results
- Analyze and report testing
data
- Coordinate summer TAKS/TAAS testing
- Provide accountability training
for all school principals
- Administer "Credit by Exam" testing
- Administer "Kindergarten
Acceleration" testing
Human
Resources Division
- Accept several thousand applications for employment
- Answer several million phone calls and e-mails
- Look through one hundred pounds of resumes
- Screen several hundred prospective candidates
- Make hundreds of employment offers
- Hire many hundred staff members
- Transfer many hundred staff members to new schools
- Check certification of many hundred staff members
- Conduct PDAS with several hundred staff members
- Finish “No Child Left Behind” reports
on 4,000 staff members
Safety & Security
Department
- Manage safety & security for summer school
- Wrap up outstanding investigations
- Prepare training for principals and staff
- Attend training and conferences
- Training for contraband/explosives detection
K-9 unit
- Evaluate school floor plans and security camera
placement
- Replace and repair campus radios
- Conduct general safety & security evaluation
Student
Services Department
- Coordinate all summer programs at 12 school sites
for 8,000 students (grades prekindergarten through
12)
- Facilitate 75 teachers and 1,000 students enrolled
in Plano ISD eSchool online courses
- Close down for the summer 41 Program PASAR (Plano
ISD after-school care) sites, and inventory and
store all records and equipment
- Conduct Summer PASAR program childcare services
at four elementary school sites
- Process all student school transfer requests
for upcoming school year
- Complete implementation steps on all "Closing
the Achievement Gap" initiatives
- Complete work on grant applications
- Complete processing of requirements for Safe
and Drug Free Schools Grant
- Prepare training for campus administrative staff
- Conduct interviews for school guidance counselor
positions
- Conduct data collection and report development
on all department service
Superintendent’s
Office / Area Assistant Superintendents
- Research assessment documents, reviewing goals
based on recently released TAKS (Texas Assessment
of Knowledge and Skills) state test scores, and
share information with principals
- Implement and continue working with the AVID
(Advancement Via Individual Determination) program
- Develop goals as they relate to each of the three
individual clusters (east, central, west)
- Follow-up on building construction and updates
as work progresses
- Finish school principals’ evaluations for
2004 and prepare principals for 2005
Interview candidates and fill positions for principals, assistant principals
and principal interns
- Plan with cluster committees to develop agendas
for 2005-06 cluster meetings
- Support new and existing administrators as they
prepare for the upcoming school year
- Attend summer workshops for elementary and secondary
administrators
School
Board
June 14 Work Session
Trustees heard the following reports:
- Cathy Galloway, executive director of student
services, presented an overview on the status of
the completion rate improvement committee and introduced
the chairpersons of each of the four sub-committees.
Each chairperson identified proposed strategies
for middle school, high school and senior high,
off-campus, and community connections and stressed
certain strategies already being implemented.
- Superintendent of Schools Dr. Doug Otto provided
background on the rationale for consideration of
the AVID Program (Advancement Via Individual Determination).
Area assistant superintendents Jeff Bailey, Patty
Meyer and Tom Salmon provided an explanation of
the mission and structure of the program, designed
to increase school-wide learning and performance
and ensure that all students, “and most especially
the least-served students in the middle,” are
capable of completing a college preparatory path.
The planning and training stage of this program
will occur during the 2005-06 school year, with
implementation planned for 2006-07.
- Tamira Griffin, executive director of human resources,
presented data on a proposed compensation plan
for 2005-06 and identified three possible scenarios
for raises. She stated that the average raise for
our neighboring school districts will be in the
3% range with a starting salary of $38,000. Richard
Matkin, associate superintendent for business services,
reminded of the public hearing on the budget which
has been advertised for Tuesday, June 21, 2005
at 7:00 pm. He provided estimates on the projected
fund balance through 2005-06 and 2006-07 based
on various raise scenarios and a 4% property value
growth assumption; summary of the 2005-06 budget
without an amount for raises; revenue projections
for 2006-07; and recapture calculations for 2001-02
through 2006-07. Board members indicated their
strong support for maintaining competitive salaries
with neighboring districts. A formal recommendation
for the compensation plan will be presented at
the next board meeting.
June 21 Business Meeting
- President Duncan Webb announced that the Plano
Senior High School speech team qualified a record-setting
15 students and proceeded to take three top honors
in the National Forensic League's 80th Lincoln
Financial National Speech Tournament.
- Held a public hearing to take testimony on the
2005-06 budget and proposed tax rate was conducted
with two speakers participating.
- Board Secretary Lloyd Jenkins read a resolution
honoring John Freeman Hightower, Hightower Elementary
School namesake, who passed away recently.
- Mr. Jenkins also read a resolution placing the
name of Brenda Bernet of the Plano Star Courier
on the statewide media honor roll, which is sponsored
by the Texas Association of School Boards.
- Approved items on the consent agenda -
http://www.pisd.edu/about.us/board.of.trustees/agendas/Meeting_06212005/agenda.shtml
- Approved the following administrative appointments:
Phillip Evans, assistant principal at Haggard Middle School
Toni Strickland, principal intern at McCall Elementary School
Lorraine Shimizu, principal intern at Jackson Elementary School
Alan Waligura, administrative intern at Shepton High School
Kevin Lyons, new assistant principal at Robinson Middle School
- Associate Superintendent for Business Services
Richard Matkin explained that, due to a technicality,
the rejection of the bank depository bid #3644
was approved as part of the consent agenda and
the re-bid opened on June 20, 2005. The bank depository
bid was awarded to Bank of America for a 2-year
contract beginning July 1, 2005 for $125,000 annually.
http://www.pisd.edu/about.us/board.of.trustees/agendas/Meeting_06212005/I3240.shtml
- The grievance hearing originally scheduled for
this meeting was postponed.
- Richard Matkin introduced David Medanich from
First Southwest Company, the district’s financial
advisor. Mr. Medanich advised of the bond sale
on June 21, 2005, and reviewed pricing and rates
with the Board. The Board adopted the Order authorizing
the issuance of “Plano Independent School
District Unlimited Tax Refunding Bonds, Series
2005” in the aggregate principal amount of
$56,805,000 at a true interest cost rate of 4.005%
and approved and authorized the execution of a
Paying Agent/Registrar Agreement, a Purchase Agreement
and a Deposit Agreement in relation to such bonds
and the approval and distribution of an Official
Statement providing for the redemption of the bonds
being refunded. http://www.pisd.edu/about.us/board.of.trustees/agendas/Meeting_06212005/I3270.shtml
- Following questions and comments regarding the
possible impact of any results from the current
special legislative session on the 2005-06 or future
budgets, the compensation plan document for 2005-06
was approved as submitted.The provisions of the
compensation plan include:
- 3.0% of new control point general pay increase for teachers, librarians
and nurses ($1,374/year for bachelors degree; $1,436/year for masters)
- 3.0% of control point general pay increase for all other employee groups
- Lump sum payments of 2% of new control rate for those employees over the
maximum in their paygrade
- Increase starting salary to $38,000 for bachelors and $40,000 for masters
- Equivalent of TRS healthcare flow through amount ($500) for 225 administrators
(currently paid to all other employees by the state) http://www.pisd.edu/about.us/board.of.trustees/agendas/Meeting_06212005/S1156.shtml
- Richard Matkin reviewed with the Board and audience
the components of the 2005-06 budget which have
been discussed in numerous board meetings and work
sessions. The 2005-06 Operating, Debt Service,
Food Service, Practical Parent Education, Dr. Pepper
and Other General (Subsidiary) Fund budgets were
approved as presented. The approved budget includes
the following:
- Operating and Maintenance $491,327,717
- Debt Service $69,493,801
- Food and Nutritional Services $17,013,994
- Practical Parent Education $421,730
- Dr. Pepper Fund $1,000,000
http://www.pisd.edu/about.us/board.of.trustees/agendas/Meeting_06212005/S1157.shtml
- Approved the following policies:
EIF(LOCAL) Academic Achievement: Graduation - 2nd reading
http://www.pisd.edu/about.us/board.of.trustees/agendas/Meeting_06212005/S1152.shtml
GKD(LOCAL) Community Relations: Non-School Use of School Facilities: 1st
and final reading
http://www.pisd.edu/about.us/board.of.trustees/agendas/Meeting_06212005/S1153.shtml
FFAC(LOCAL) Health Requirements and Services: Medical Treatment - 1st reading
http://www.pisd.edu/about.us/board.of.trustees/agendas/Meeting_06212005/S1154.shtml
GKB(LOCAL) Community Relations: Advertising and Fund Raising in our Schools
- 1st and final reading
http://www.pisd.edu/about.us/board.of.trustees/agendas/Meeting_06212005/S1155.shtml
An edited version of the June 21 board meeting can be viewed on both
Plano and Richardson Comcast Cable Channel A-31 at 8:00 p.m. on Wednesdays
and Saturdays and at noon on Saturdays.
Technology
Division
- Re-image 26,000 desktop computers to Windows
XP/Office 2003
- Re-image 2,000 laptop computers to Windows XP/Office
2003
- Implement technology resources at two new elementary
schools (cabling, equipment, software, etc.)
- Change to a new “Internet Protocol Printing” scenario
for 4,000 printers
- Consolidate all elementary school servers (two
per site) to one high performance server at each
site
- Implement an upgraded software management platform
on 30,250 computers/servers for application delivery
and policy management
- Integrate new disk storage solutions for the
Macintosh OS servers at the senior high schools
- Document and test more than 1,000 individual
software applications to run on Windows XP
- Install “Call Pilot” unified messaging
software for all school district employees
- Provide Office 2003 training for staff members
- Replace 1,500 desktop computers
- Replace 1,000 Macintosh and laptop computers
- Add DVD/CD burners to 3,800 classroom and teacher
workstations
- Add 260 DLP projection systems to high school
and senior high school classrooms
- Implement technology bond projects in 19 curriculum
areas involving all schools
- Install and train (along with Curriculum Department)
the “Destination Reading and Math” software
- Install “School Messenger Enterprise System” for
automated parent notifications
- Write “Quick Start Guides” for curriculum
software
- Plan and install “Campus Improvement Projects”
- Plan and install “Campus Growth Projects”
- Implement T.E.A.M.S. (data management system)
module for PASAR after-school care program
- Implement/Train on T.E.A.M.S. textbook module
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