Budget+Priorities+for+Jay

**I.T. Budget Priorities for Jay:**
· Surveillance cameras · NWEA assessment · student video production · R.U.S. teleconferencing
 * Support Literacy Initiative (core instructional strategies in all subjects, K-12.)
 * Support distance education
 * Keep hardware current
 * Support enhanced 9th grade "team/year/academy..."
 * Enhance AV for classrooms in elementary school (screens, AV carts)
 * Support Distance Learning K-12
 * Support Science Curriculum (review this year)
 * Address security costs in IT. (IT is picking up security,we need to address the increase in costs
 * Reassess costs centers (Library, content area services and titles are currently in the core IT budget, but are instructional resources and contracts. They should be where textbooks, reference materials, etc. are in the budget.)
 * Address file archiving needs (increased __storage__ for email, student records, etc.)
 * __Document managing system__ (OCR, filing system for document archive) compliant with recent federal legislation
 * Adjust repair process to accommodate large numbers of aging laptops (Mac and HP.) (The next two years will see an increase in repair costs for those units. Support contract?)
 * Deploy a terminal system, with pods in several areas. (Windows/LINUX applications available at terminals... no need to visit each terminal to update, etc.
 * Increase training, expertise of network staff (especially Cisco)
 * Continue to optimize LAN equipment and infrastructure
 * Enhance network capacity to accommodate expansion of services:


 * Hardware short term list:**
 * 1) Replace Macs in the JMS lab (22 units?)
 * 2) Replace Ibooks at elementary cart (16 units with swap?)
 * 3) One-one at grade 9 (70 units?)
 * 4) Office and Secretaries' computers (2 Mac/5 PC)