The Thousand Islands Central School District is planning to update its wireless infrastructure, reported the Watertown Daily Times. The school district will fund the program with resources provided by the 2014 Smart Schools Bond Act aiming to improve technology in New York state schools, allocating $371,206.15 (about 42 percent) of the $752,525 sum available.
This upgrade is expected to last the district eight years and is necessary due to the one-to-one device program it enacted last year for its 950 students. Since then, the demand on the network has increased and is causing congestion.
The Watertown Daily Times reported that a secondary goal of the plan is to add “additional coverage areas such as playgrounds, athletic venues, bus drop off zones, and concession areas” to “allow our staff and students greater access.”
The district’s upgrade plan breaks down as follows:
- $214,698.75 to network switching components which connect wireless routers
- $91,799.30 will be spent on the routers themselves
- $62,119.38 for installation services
- $2,588.72 for cables and cords
The Thousand Islands School will formally present its Smart Schools Investment Plan to the public on November 14, and plans to submit it to the State Education Department, who reimburses the schools for the expenses under the Smart Schools Bond Act, on November 17.
October 20, 2017
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