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1. Completion of fiber installation: $100,000 – High speed optical fiber supporting Wayland’s dedicated network will be run from the High School to the Town Building (school and municipal use), Public Safety Building, Library, and Claypit Hill School. At present, fiber already connects the High School, Middle School, Happy Hollow School, and Loker School, enabling cost- and time-efficient centralization of educational software applications.
   
   
2. Data center/network expansion: $100,000 - Includes a centralized management system for software installation, maintenance, and upgrading. The increasing need for teacher and student connectivity requires the addition of various types of hardware including switches and access points. A Town Building network upgrade for both school and municipal use accompanies the newly installed fiber referenced in (1), above.
   
   
3. Teacher Computer Initiative (TCI): $150,000 – This year and next year will see completion of the distribution of computers for teachers, administrators, and staff, with lower cost replacement of obsolete computers on an ongoing basis. The TCI will enable teachers to develop rich lessons through the use of technology and through the operating budget, provides professional development on computer use.
   
   
4. Replacement of obsolete computers: $225,000 – More than 40% of the district’s computers accessible to students and others are at least five years old. This line item allows for the replacement of roughly 2/3 of these out-of-date systems.
   
   
5. Student Computer Initiative (SCI) pilot: $25,000 – This effort launches a model 21st century school design at the High School enabling the expansion of teaching and learning with online project based methodologies that are similar to those used in higher education and the workplace. The pilot-scale initiative will provide several classes of students with computers for in-school use in one or several subject areas. Beginning earlier this year and with a target completion date before the start of school in the fall, a team of educators and technology specialists began mapping out the details of the pilot.