2026-08-27 · Board Packet · Page 19

DRAFT
 
Schools
 
network
 
beginning
 
in
 
May
 
after
 
years
 
of
 
widespread
 
connectivity
 
problems.
 
The
 
assessment
 
was
 
more
 
extensive
 
and
 
time-consuming
 
than
 
expected,
 
but
 
it
 
produced
 
a
 
roadmap
 
for
 
addressing
 
the
 
district’s
 
network
 
issues.
 
The
 
assessment
 
found
 
that
 
bandwidth
 
is
 
not
 
currently
 
the
 
primary
 
problem
.
 
Instead,
 
five
 
major
 
issues
 
are
 
contributing
 
to
 
poor
 
performance:
 
●
 
Network
 
instability:
 
Switches
 
are
 
repeatedly
 
resetting,
 
in
 
part
 
because
 
of
 
uncontrolled
 
broadcast
 
traffic,
 
causing
 
dropped
 
connections
 
and
 
degraded
 
performance.
 
●
 
No
 
traffic
 
prioritization:
 
Critical
 
applications
 
such
 
as
 
testing,
 
Google
 
Classroom,
 
and
 
other
 
instructional
 
systems
 
compete
 
with
 
non-critical
 
traffic
 
such
 
as
 
YouTube.
 
●
 
Undersized/aging
 
wireless
 
infrastructure:
 
The
 
wireless
 
network
 
has
 
too
 
many
 
SSIDs,
 
reported
 
dead
 
zones,
 
and
 
access
 
points
 
that
 
are
 
outdated
 
or
 
no
 
longer
 
adequate
 
for
 
current
 
device
 
density.
 
●
 
Power-over-Ethernet
 
(PoE)
 
overload:
 
Some
 
switches
 
are
 
being
 
overloaded
 
by
 
connected
 
devices
 
such
 
as
 
cameras
 
and
 
PA
 
systems,
 
causing
 
switches
 
to
 
reset
 
and
 
devices
 
to
 
go
 
offline.
 
●
 
Obsolete
 
hardware:
 
About
 
36%
 
of
 
the
 
district’s
 
roughly
 
430
 
network
 
devices
 
are
 
obsolete
,
 
although
 
many
 
of
 
those
 
devices
 
only
 
recently
 
reached
 
end-of-life
 
and
 
replacements
 
have
 
already
 
been
 
ordered
 
through
 
E-rate
 
funding.
 
A&M
 
also
 
identified
 
additional
 
concerns,
 
including
 
unencrypted
 
wireless
 
networks,
 
inadequate
 
centralized
 
logging,
 
time
 
synchronization
 
problems,
 
and
 
single
 
points
 
of
 
failure
 
involving
 
the
 
ISP
 
connection,
 
firewall,
 
and
 
router.
 
Their
 
recommendations
 
moving
 
forward
 
are:
 
●
 
Within
 
30
 
days:
 
Stabilize
 
the
 
network,
 
correct
 
PoE
 
overloads,
 
conduct
 
wireless
 
site
 
surveys,
 
address
 
obsolete
 
equipment,
 
improve
 
wireless
 
security,
 
reduce
 
routing-log
 
problems,
 
and
 
synchronize
 
network
 
time
 
services.
 
●
 
Within
 
90
 
days:
 
Implement
 
traffic
 
prioritization,
 
improve
 
network
 
security
 
configurations,
 
consolidate
 
wireless
 
networks,
 
and
 
begin
 
planning
 
for
 
greater
 
internet
 
and
 
firewall
 
redundancy.
 
●
 
Within
 
6–12
 
months:
 
Refresh
 
hardware
 
at
 
Los
 
Alamos
 
Middle
 
School
 
and
 
APB,
 
verify
 
the
 
ReadyNet
 
connection,
 
develop
 
centralized
 
authentication,
 
and
 
address
 
broader
 
cybersecurity,
 
disaster
 
recovery,
 
and
 
business-continuity
 
needs.
 
Overall,
 
A&M
 
concluded
 
that
 
the
 
district
 
has
 
enough
 
bandwidth
 
for
 
current
 
needs
,
 
but
 
the
 
network’s
 
instability,
 
configuration
 
problems,
 
wireless
 
limitations,
 
power
 
issues,
 
and
 
aging
 
equipment
 
are
 
creating
 
the
 
performance
 
problems
 
staff
 
and
 
students
 
have
 
experienced.
 
The
 
proposed
 
remediation
 
plan
 
is
 
intended
 
to
 
stabilize
 
the
 
network
 
first
 
and
 
then
 
address
 
longer-term
 
infrastructure
 
and
 
security
 
needs.
 
Superintendent
 
Guy
 
requested
 
that
 
leased
 
funds
 
be
 
used
 
for
 
this
 
scope
 
of
 
work
 
with
 
the
 
hope
 
that
 
some
 
referendum
 
monies
 
could
 
then
 
reimburse
 
the
 
leased
 
funds.
 
This
 
would
 
enable
 
work
 
to
 
begin
 
immediately.