Refresh: A Critical Part of a District Technology Strategy

摘要

In the Fort Wayne Community Schools, each department has typically made its own tech refresh decisions, with funding coming from a variety of sources. One four-year plan funds a tech refresh program for district central offices and some satellite administrative locations, but not for classrooms. Another plan purchases new machines for special education teachers because they need a consistent platform and better tools to manage lEPs electronically. Another plan funds the replacement of lab machines every three years. According to Dick Rutkowski, supervisor of network support services, "Our goal is to get everyone to a consistent PC platform eventually and meet sustainability and productivity targets at the lowest total cost of ownership (TCO). Our elementary schools in particular have a range of hardware formats that we need to make consistent. HP has been a great partner in helping us move toward this goal."