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The Genesee Technology Department implements and supports a variety of tools, strategies, and best practices in order to provide accessible, reliable, and easy to use technology for all students and staff.
2021-22 Accomplishments
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E-Rate Category 1 and 2
The Genesee Joint School District Technology Department completed the following actions with the Universal Service Administrative Co. (USAC) for FY 2021-22:
Category 1
- Filed Form 471 and Form 486 for year two of a three-year contract for 500MB Fiber Internet Services with Ziply Fiber.
Category 2
- Replaced old infrastructure switches with new Juniper EX-4300 series switches and filed Form 486 for product acquisition from Bytespeed, Inc.
- Submitted RFP for Managed Internal Broadband Services (MIBs) for wired/wireless network monitoring and awarded the contract to Wyebot, inc. Filed Form 471 for product acquisition.
Emergency Connectivity Fund
- Submitted Form 471 and Form 474 (BEAR) for $400/device reimbursement for three staff growth laptops.
- Submitted Form 471 and Form 474 for $300/device reimbursement for twenty Grades K-2 iPads.
- Submitted Form 471 for $400/device reimbursement for 48 replacement Junior High laptops.
- Submitted Form 471 for $400/device reimbursement for 88 replacement High School laptops.
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Web Filtering
The Genesee Joint School District Technology Department replaced the old web filtering solution provided by Sophos with a new onsite/offsite web filtering solution AristotleK12 from Sergeant Laboratories, Inc.
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New Secondary Student Devices
The Genesee Joint School District Technology Department purchased and acquired new Windows 10 laptops to replace the aging fleet of Acer laptops. Grades 9-12 will be getting Lenovo ThinkBook 14s Yoga 2-in-1 touch laptops and grades 7-8 will be getting Lenovo 500w Gen 3 11" 2-in-1 laptops. Devices will be pre-loaded during the summer with the intention of distributing them to students the first week of school.
2022-23 Goals
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E-Rate Category 2
- Complete the installation and configuration of our new Juniper Switches. (Completed October, 2022)
- Complete the installation and configuration of our new Wyebot "Wireless Intelligence Platform™" sensors. (Completed August, 2022)
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Phone System Upgrade
- Replace existing legacy phone system, including fire alarm monitoring and elevator emergency services, with a new VoIP (ENA SmartVoice) and POTS emulator (Granite EPIK) system.
