Date Communication Topics for the Week

05/09/2016 Technology Leadership Team Conducts Technology Transformation Team (T3) Meeting

05/09/2016 2014 Bond Technology Infrastructure Spending Balance as of May 10, 2016

05/10/2016 Project Design Meeting for the Data Center Virtualization and Infrastructure Upgrade

05/10/2016 Invitation to Breakfast for Vendors Supporting our Technology Network Infrastructure Upgrade

05/11/2016 Testimony Given on May 11, 2016 at the Texas Education Agency House Committee

05/13/2016 News from Google Shared in the May Texas Chief Information Officer Roundtable

05/13/2016 Visit at Langham Creek High School with U.S. History Classroom Teacher Is Very Positive

05/13/2016 Webinar with TASB About Senate Bill 507: Cameras in SPED Classrooms (Recommendations)

05/13/2016 Closing Message and Weekly Reflection

Technology Leadership and Communication (TLC)

Week Ending May 13, 2016

Leadership and Vision

Posted by Frankie Jackson, Chief Technology Officer May 13, 2016

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Technology Leadership Team Conducts Technology Transformation Team (T3) Meeting on May 9, 2016

Frankie Jackson led the Technology Transformation Team (T3) leadership meeting on Monday, May 9, 2016.

The notes from the meeting are available here. The leadership topic, was on our book study by John C.

Maxwell, Everyone Communicates, Few Connect. We talked about key principles of connection, specifically

chapters 2 and 3.

May 9, 2016

Other highlights from the

meeting are as follows:

• Reviewed our Bond goal

progress.

• Reviewed the slides from

the website from the

previous week:

www.cfisd-

technologyservices.net,

• Talked about plans for a

big celebration at the end

of the year

• Reviewed administrative

support roles and

responsibilities

• Discussed specific areas

of interest and concern.

New Book Study

Leadership and Vision

Posted by Frankie Jackson, Chief Technology Officer May 10, 2016

2014 Bond Technology Infrastructure

Spending Balance as of May 10, 2016

Katie Hernandez and Frankie Jackson worked to balance and summarize the 2014 Bond Technology

Infrastructure spending balance as of May 10, 2016. Katie has been instrumental in tracking every expenditure

by PO, vendor, and item. To assure accountability, purchase orders and expenditures by each Bond goal is

balanced with the Finance department’s records. Expenditures are current, excluding outstanding purchase

orders.2014 Bond Technology Goals Balance % Spent

Estimated

Cost in 2014

Bond

Expenditures to

Date

1.1 Install High Speed Wireless Access Infrastructure $3,145,325.19 75.68%$12,934,270.00 $9,788,944.81

2.1 Install Network Electronics Infrastructure $14,582,385.20 49.17%$28,689,853.45 $14,107,468.25

3.1 Upgrade Fiber and Cabling Connectivity -$2,537,805.28 154.34% $4,670,150.00 $7,207,955.28

3.2 Upgrade Electrical Power and Air Conditioning $918,003.05 81.53% $4,969,862.99 $4,051,859.94

4.1 Build a Virtualized Server Data Center -$693,438.50 122.33% $3,105,236.33 $3,798,674.83

4.2 Install a Storage Area Network (SAN) $4,684,504.41 0.00% $4,684,504.41 $153,182.59

4.3 Co-Locate Data Center at an External Facility $205,432.96 70.59% $698,413.20 $492,980.24

4.4 Build Backup, Recovery, and Business Continuity $557,110.21 66.45% $1,660,506.21 $1,103,396.00

5.1 Replace Telephone System with VoIP $4,573,539.03 38.77% $7,469,293.81 $2,847,709.18

5.2 Replace Administrative Staff Technology $5,496,349.30 32.12% $8,097,716.00 $2,601,366.70

5.3 Replace Network Printers and Print Servers $3,441,139.43 17.73% $4,182,715.00 $741,575.57

6.1 Install Technology Infrastructure in New Schools $2,501,936.47 24.53% $3,315,248.00 $813,311.53

7.1 Design Contingency $5,142,941.41 13.03% $5,913,443.89 $770,502.48

Grand Totals $42,017,422.88 53.52%$90,391,213.29 $48,478,927.40

Leadership and Vision

Posted by Frankie Jackson, Chief Technology Officer May 12, 2016

Project Design Meeting for the Data Center Virtualization and

Infrastructure Upgrade (Bond Goals 4.1 and 4.2)

Detail Design Review on May 10, 2016

Frankie Jackson participated in a detailed design review with

the Network Infrastructure and Communications (NIC) staff,

including vendors from Layer3, Presidio, Hewlett Packard,

Brocade, Fortinet, and EMC on Tuesday, May 10, 2016. The

team continues to work towards the final design requirements

and prepare the bill of materials so that equipment can be

ordered.

To the right shows Doug Minderhout with Layer3 working with

Ira Soderberg with Fortinet discussing the firewall traffic flow in

an effort to finalize the security design and implementation.

Polly Gifford (EPS),

Paula Ross, and Oscar Villar

Leadership and Vision

Posted by Frankie Jackson, Chief Technology Officer

Invitation to Breakfast for Vendors Supporting our

Technology Network Infrastructure Upgrade

Katie Hernandez and Frankie Jackson invited the vendors

working with us on the Technology Network Infrastructure

Upgrade for a breakfast on Tuesday, May 24, 2016 at the

ISC West building on Jones Road, 2nd floor in lab 3, for

the opportunity to sign our technology infrastructure

upgrade strategic partnership commitment (see to the

right). This is not a formal meeting. This will be a come

and go event between 8:00 a.m. to noon. We will be

serving breakfast from 8:00 a.m. to 10:00 a.m. We asked

vendors to stop by at any time.

The purpose of the breakfast is that we understand our

success depends on our vendor’s contributions. We want

to recognize them as part of our implementation team. As

we enter into phase 2 of our upgrade, their signature will

serve as a personal honor code of commitment, pledging

to do everything in their power to make our technology

infrastructure upgrade program a success.

All Technology Services staff that are supporting the 2014

Bond are also invited!

May 12, 2016

Leadership and Vision

Posted by Frankie Jackson, Chief Technology Officer

Testimony Given on May 11, 2016 at the Texas Education Agency

House Committee on Education Hearing

Frankie Jackson traveled to Austin on May 11, 2016 to participate in a

Texas House Committee Education Hearing. The House Committee on

Education met to hear invited and public testimonies regarding the following.

View the full 5 hour hearing

View Frankie Jackson’s

part of the testimony

May 11, 2016

View Frankie Jackson’s

Written testimony

Examine the accessibility to broadband services for schools, libraries,

and institutions of higher education. Study the feasibility and

affordability of providing scalable broadband to schools and other

public institutions. Research federal and state funding opportunities to

support increased access to broadband. Review innovative efforts by

school districts to integrate technology in the classroom. Explore ways

to enhance high-tech digital learning opportunities in the classroom to

improve student achievement and fulfill future workforce demands.

Frankie addressed all four areas of

concern sited by the committee. She

closed by asking for their support

with:

1) The 10% State E-rate matching,

2) Their help in putting pressure on

broadband carriers to provide low

cost home access.

Leadership and Vision

Posted by Frankie Jackson, Chief Technology Officer

Visit at Langham Creek High School with U.S. History

Classroom Teacher Is Very Positive

Frankie Jackson visited Mr. Jeffry Jones, a U.S. History teacher at Langham Creek High School, on May 13, 2016

to find out how well the new technology is working in his classroom, now that the network has been upgraded.

This year, Langham Creek had a complete network infrastructure refresh, including new network electronics,

wireless access points, high-speed wireless access with dense deployment and Bring Your Own Technology

(BYOT) implementation. The following is a summary Mr. Jones’ comments about all that has been completed.

May 13, 2016

U.S. History Classroom with Mr. Jeffry Jones at Langham Creek

Great comments from Mr. Jones:

• We have made great strides and he is

very appreciative.

• His classroom was a disaster two years

ago; now, he has no complaints!

• It is nice to be able to count on things to

work. All issues have been resolved.

• We’ve done everything he asked for, e.g.

new tablet/laptops, BYOT, fast wireless

access, and appropriate Internet content

blocking.

• His students are happy to bring their own

devices with high speed access!

Actions taken, needing improvement:

• Laptop batteries not holding an all-day usage charge; he has to charge them up in the middle of the day.

• Campus as a whole needs new projectors. They are at the end of the promethean board replacement cycle.

• He and many other teachers have no need for the document cameras (hovercams); they are still in the boxes.

Leadership and Vision

Posted by Frankie Jackson, Chief Technology Officer

News from Google Shared in the May

Texas Chief Information Officer Roundtable

Frankie Jackson participated in the Texas Chief Information Officer (CIO) Roundtable on Friday, May 13, 2016.

Participants included meeting in an online Google hangout with Google account representatives and State K-12

technology leaders. A copy of the handout with details is here.

May 13, 2016

Highlights of the Roundtable:

• Google is working to find better ways to manage YouTube

• Polling is now available in Google Classroom

• Google is working to improve Google Chrome and processes for

managing Chrome

• New security and privacy certifications are being implemented at

Google’s data center.

• The new HP

Chromebook 13 is being

touted as the MacBook

air of the Google world

• Might be worth checking

out

Leadership and Vision

Posted by Frankie Jackson, Chief Technology Officer

Webinar with TASB About Senate Bill 507: Cameras in

Special Education Classrooms (Recommendations)

March 13, 2016

Frankie Jackson participated in a Senate Bill 507 webinar given by the

Texas Association for School Boards (TASB) on Friday, May 13, 2016, with

Teresa Hull’s executive committee that is researching options, costs, and

processes for CyFair ISD. The committee will be proposing new processes

for requesting camera installations as well as setting up a classroom proof

of concept, as we prepare for the ruling to go into affect in August 2016.

Additional information

is available here.

Senate

Bill 507View a copy of the webinar presentation

View a copy of Thompson and Horton’s

Legal Comments from May 9, 2016

Leadership and Vision

Posted by Frankie Jackson, Chief Technology Officer

Closing Message and Reflection for the Week

May 13, 2016

Technology Services VISION

Be the district that transforms education

MISSION: LEAD in Providing

World-Class Quality K-12 Systems

These are the

guiding core

VALUES for how

we provide

service

Efficient

Accessible

Systematic

Highly-Skilled

Student-Focused

Service-Oriented

As I participated in the Texas House of

Representatives Education hearing on Thursday

about connectivity, innovation, technology

integration, high-tech digital learning – and I

listened to other districts talk about their challenges with

funding, skills, access to viable connectivity options – I was

thankful to be part of the CFISD team. I was there to ask for

support in bringing Internet to students without access at

home. Everyone else was asking for support to bring

adequate access to their school districts. I was counting my

blessings that we are so far ahead! – Frankie Jackson