The school district worked with RPC Video to update the district video network and the middle school and high school TV Studios. The following activities  were completed:

Fiber Optic Equipment --- Replaced the RF forward path from the High School head end, and the base band video and audio return paths from Dorseyville, Fairview, Hartwood, Kerr and O’Hara schools.


TV Video Switcher and Related Equipment --- Replaced the television studio SEG, and existing terminal gear for High School is included here.


Library Playback Equipment --- Installed at each school a DVD video playback available on two channels of that school’s TV system.  Also installed a DVD/HDD recorder in the system for off-air recording of programs. 


High School Head End Playback Equipment --- Installed an MPEG encoding, storage and scheduled server for the playback of media material.  The system provides a digital transmission for community stations, including the Public Access Channel (PEG) for Verizon FIOS and Comcast.


The district technology department began the upgrade of the data infrastructure including wireless access points and servers (archiving, two document servers, and directory services) . Nick Townsend, with the student technology team, installed at the high school 26 new wireless access points and a wireless access controller. The access points that were in good working condition were moved to O’Hara to address problems in that building.


Next Steps:

  1. •WLAN -  Nick Townsend, the district network administrator, intends to replace all of the remaining 802.11b wireless access points in the high school with the new standard, 802.11n. A total of 30 new access points will be installed for 2009-2010. Nick plans to complete the upgrade at the high school and begin the upgrade for the middle school in 2009-2010. He will complete the rest of the district upgrade by 2011-2012.

  2. •SIF - under the guidance of J.R. Deer the district will create a more transparent and interlinked data environment using the Schools Interoperability Framework (SIF) that will link the district’s student information system (Star_Base) with other information systems that may include: the library system, transportation system, and RTI system.

  3. •Network Servers - the district will add two additional document servers for high school students and a new SIF server. The district will replace four elementary document servers (one in each building), one communications server (voice mail and email) and one web server.