| Communication Infrastructure |
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| The district's phone system was a conglomeration of multiple, aging systems. There were numerous outages and some pervasive problems with phantom calls, non-functional voice mail, etc. In addition, administration of the phone systems could not be done remotely and had to be done directly at each site. To address these issues, while simultaneously leveraging off our wide-area network infrastructure, we worked with Facilities & Operations to select a vendor to implement a Voice Over Internet Protocol (VoIP) phone system. Key elements of VoIP include: | We successfully replaced all old phone systems with a Cisco VoIP system during the summer of 2006. This included placing phones in every classroom. |
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Done. We now have far more phones and far fewer service calls. |
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Done. We are now far less reliant on either phone vendors or carriers (e.g. AT&T). |
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Done. |
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In progress. Full benefit of this will require releasing more “old” phone lines, which we anticipate completing during the 2007-08 school year. |
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| Building Re-Wiring |
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| This is a key infrastructure issue and will provide adequate wiring for computer network access, TV program distribution, security systems and phones. Key elements are: | 15 schools re-wired by 8/1/07 |
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Done |
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Done |
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Done |
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Prepared to support when these are implemented |
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Consultant hired and has been working with us |
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| District-wide Broadcast Center |
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| To take better advantage of A/V capabilities, we would like to centralize control of all video in/out of ESDC. Key features include: | This project has not yet been funded, though we have been able to distribute cable TV over the district network ("Cable in the Classroom"). |
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