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Jennifer Miller, Performance Excellence ManagerMarch 4, 2016
Technician Software Training
Campus Technician Support
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Excellence in Action
Week of February 29 – March 4, 2016
Clearly Outstanding Customer Service Support
Each team’s Technicians receiving the two highest counts of Excellent
responses in the week’s returned surveys.
Jennifer Miller, Performance Excellence Manager March 4, 2016
Excellence in Action Technician Service Report
Name Campus
Dencio Cabitac Cypress Lakes High School
Demetria Hargrove Service Center
Sandra Hoppe Hamilton Middle School
Edward Quintanilha Cy-Fair High School
Art Ramirez Service Center
Coni Schelnick Thornton Middle School
Brenda Willey Watkins Middle School
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Excellence in Action
Week of February 29- March 4, 2016
Clearly Outstanding Service Request
Support
Each team’s Technicians closing the most service requests during the week.
Name Campus
Esmond DeSouza Cypress Creek High School
Martin Donald Service Center
Demetria Hargrove Service Center
Sandra Hoppe Hamilton Middle School
Kelssem Quintal Dean Middle School
Edward Quintanilha Cy-Fair High School
Jennifer Miller, Performance Excellence Manager March 4, 2016
Excellence in Action Technician Service Report
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Excellence in Action
Week of February 29 - March 4, 2016
Student Focused – Every Student, Every Day
Each team’s Technicians with the highest combined ranked score of the most
closed Instructional Service Requests and the shortest average age of
Instructional Service Requests.
Name Campus
Tim Crook Service Center
Esmond DeSouza Cypress Creek High School
Patricia Fisher-Holmes Campbell Middle School
Demetria Hargrove Service Center
Sandra Hoppe Hamilton Middle School
Holly Kosters Cypress Woods High School
Robert Love Bleyl Middle School
Edward Quintanilha Cy-Fair High School
Coni Schelnick Thornton Middle School
Jennifer Miller, Performance Excellence Manager March 4, 2016
Excellence in Action Technician Service Report
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Clearly Outstanding Service Technicians
Name Campus
Esmond DeSouza Cypress Creek High School
Martin Donald Service Center
Demetria Hargrove Service Center
Sandra Hoppe Hamilton Middle School
Edward Quintanilha Cy-Fair High School
Coni Schelnick Thornton Middle School
Each team’s Technicians with the highest combination of ranked scores -
Service Request Support, Customer Service Support, Student Focused – Every
Student, Every Day Support
Jennifer Miller, Performance Excellence Manager March 4, 2016
Excellence in Action Technician Service Report
Excellence in Action
Week of February 29 – March 4, 2016
Customer Care Center
Posted by Jennifer Miller, Performance Excellence Manager
Klein ISD Visits the Customer Care Center
March 4, 2016
On Wednesday, March 2, 2016, Paula Crawford and Terri Nation
visited the Customer Care Center and met with Scottie Stevens
and Jennifer Miller. Paula is the Help Desk Manager and Terri is
a programmer for Klein ISD. Paula and Terri came to see the
processes and procedures in place at the Customer Care Center.
Items reviewed during their visit included the Technology website,
the weekly status reports, and a tour of the Customer Center area.
The display panels detailing incoming and current call status were
interesting to the Klein team.
Visiting with and meeting
with neighboring districts
allows our team to continue
to evaluate our processes
and improve with additional
information.
Many thanks to Paula and
Terri for visiting with us
this week.
Customer Care Center
Posted by Jennifer Miller, Performance Excellence Manager
CCC C – Customer Care Center Changes
March 4, 2016
This week the CCC team began several new processes.
• Arlicia Netto is now working from 8:00am - 5:00pm and
will be completing the end of day reports. Arlicia’s
schedule change will allow the team to distribute the
service offered to the department
• Janette Martinez is now posting the morning report
regarding the network status for the department. Janette’s
posting will allow for the information to be available to the
district earlier in the morning.
• Amanda Medau is working to distribute the Technician
certificates weekly instead of through the monthly
meetings. Providing communication to
the Technicians will allow us to better
interrelate the services provided by
the Technicians in a more timely fashion.
• Select calls received at the Customer
Care Center will be monitored by Scottie
Stevens. Rarely do you find a team
open to this level of scrutiny. Our
team was very open to this new process.
Leadership and VisionPosted by Charles Newton, Telecom Analyst IV March 4, 2016
Site Survey’s Begin for POP Locations (CyFair HS and Arnold MS)
The telecommunications group from the Enterprise Communications Network (ECN) team are starting
walkthrough’s for the POP sites. Starting Monday 2/29/16 site surveys began at Cy Fair HS and will continue
through the week finishing at Arnold MS on Friday 3/4/16. Data is being compiled and details are emerging for
each site. Walkthrough’s are scheduled and will continue for the remaining Proof of Process (POP) sites over
the coming weeks.
Awaiting budgeting updates from AT&T – 3/1/16
CFISD to review budgetary information and approve 3/4/16
Purchase Phones – March, 2016 (Ongoing)
Arnold MS Walkthrough complete 3/3/16
Data circuits have been delivered to Cyrus One datacenter,
ISC and CFISD PD and are ready to be tested and turned up
pending circuit delivery in the Allen, TX datacenter on 3/18/16
Dial tone back up lines have been ordered for the PD and ISC
locations. Delivery Date TBD
A detailed high level schedule with dependencies and
checklists has been circulated among the project team.
Cabling will be necessary for VoIP project, vendor and process
MCA chosen to install cables for POC sites
Windfern HS cabling walkthrough completed 2/26/16
Windfern HS cabling to begin – Date TBD
AT&T Service Technician Rick Schleuter
Performing Phone Inventory
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Assets Team
Leonard Chance, Assets Team Leader March 4, 2016
Asset Team
TASBO Conference
This week Leonard Chance(Assets) had the opportunity to attend the 70TH Annual TASBO Conference.
TASBO is an occasion for business leadership in a wide variety of concentrations to get together to
learn and share knowledge and discuss the challenges and opportunities that face our community. While
at the conference Leonard met with members of the Dallas ISD IM TEAM (Lyn Wilkerson and Barbara
Neal) and ran into some familiar faces (Frankie Jackson and Norma Blenderman).
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Assets Department
TASBO Presentation
Asset Team
Leonard Chance, Asset Team Leader March 4 , 2016
In addition to attending, Leonard Chance (Assets Team Leader), also had the good fortune to
co-present with Frankie Jackson (CFISD CTO) at one of the TASBO learning sessions. Their
presentation was “It’s More Than Just Managing Devices: Processes and Policies”. The
presentation focused on the importance of having the districts inventory management
processes well documented and available to increase efficiency and reduce confusion.
Customer Care Center
Posted by Janette Martinez, Customer Care Center
Network Availability Status at 7:00 a.m. on March 4, 2016
for Core Network and Telecommunications Services
for Mission Critical Systems
Achieve network availability of 98% for core network and telecommunications services for mission critical systems.
March 4, 2016
Contact has been made with our district support staff and Harris
County to resolve a Moodle issue.
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Technology Services Daily Status for
Friday, March 4, 2016
Customer Care Center, Performance Excellence
Jennifer Miller, Performance Excellence Manager March 4, 2016
Technology Services teams continue to address the needs of our customers. Our Overdue Service Requests by
team and service level expectations are shown in the following.
CFISD Technology Service Level Agreement
Posted byTechnology Leadership and Vision
Katie Hernandez March 3, 2016
Organizational AnnouncementFrankie Jackson is Awarded the
Texas Association of School Business Officials’
Commitment To Excellence Award
Each year, TASBO awards its highest individual honor,
their Commitment to Excellence Award, to the TASBO
member who best distinguishes themselves within their
profession, their community and TASBO. Each
nominee is evaluated on past accomplishments,
volunteerism, leadership and contributions at the
district level, including impact on student achievement.
Frankie Jackson, Chief Technology Officer, officially
received this prestigious award today at the TASBO
2016 Annual Conference in Dallas.
Norma Blenderman and Leonard Chance with
Frankie at the conference.
Click HERE to see Frankie accept the award.
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Sustainability Team
Frank Adian Service Center Manager March 3, 2016
Sustainability Team
Setup Laptops For TELPAS Testing
This week the Service Center technicians start setting up the class
rooms for the TELPAS testing that will start next week. One of the
class rooms at Holbrook elementary, shown below, was setup by
service technician Martin Donald. This is just one of many class
rooms that will be configured for the TELPAS testing.
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Sustainability Team
Frank Adian Service Center Manager March 4, 2016
Sustainability Team
Setup Laptops For TELPAS Testing
Service Center technicians are shown here after setting up the class room for the TELPAS testing at
Bane elementary. Picture from left to right are James O’Reilly, Crystal Gilbert, and Steven Rodriguez.
[]Acquisition Team
Receives Training At TASBO
Acquisitions Team
Posted by Kim Bowlin, Acquisition Team Leader March 3, 2016
Kim Bowlin, leader of the Acquisition
team, received training for two
courses (PUR303 Competitive
Sealed Proposals/Request for
Proposals and MGT303 Approaches
to Leadership and Management) this
week at TASBO.
Acquisition Team
Bond Money AT Work
Acquisition Team
Posted by Kim Bowlin, Technology Project Specialist March 2, 2016
School QTY PO
1 Jersey Village HS 175 P1637423
2 Cy-Woods HS 161 P1637493
3 Cy-Ridge HS 167 P1637500
4 Cy-Falls HS 184 P1637501
5 Langham Creek HS 168 P1637505
6 Cy-Lakes HS 188 P1637507
7 Cy-Ranch HS 170 P1637509
8 Windfern 21 P1637514
9 Kahla Middle School 82 P1637519
10 Hopper Middle School 64 P1637532
11 Bane Elementary 55 P1637538
12 Kirk Elementary 59 P1637541
13 Cy-Springs HS 172 P1637540
14 Cy-Fair HS 172 P1637543
15 Cy-Creek HS 172 P1637546
2010 Hovercam Solo 8 was order
this week for classrooms. Listed at
the right are the schools that will be
receiving the document cameras.
See link below for full specifications
of the document camera.
https://www.thehovercam.com/store
/hovercam-document-
cameras/hovercam-solo-8-detail
Customer Care Center
Posted by Janette Martinez, Customer Care Center
Network Availability Status at 7:00 a.m. on March 3, 2016
for Core Network and Telecommunications Services
for Mission Critical Systems
Achieve network availability of 98% for core network and telecommunications services for mission critical systems.
March 3, 2016
ECN is addressing issues at Rennell
Elementary School.
Contact has been made with our district support staff and Harris
County to resolve a Moodle issue.
Core Network and Telecommunication
Services for Mission Critical
Systems Are Up!
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Technology Services Daily Status for
Thursday, March 3, 2016
Customer Care Center, Performance Excellence
Jennifer Miller, Performance Excellence Manager March 3, 2016
Technology Services teams continue to address the needs of our customers. Our Overdue Service Requests by
team and service level expectations are shown in the following.
CFISD Technology Service Level Agreement
Technology Leadership and Vision
Posted by: Katie Hernandez, Technology Services Department
Thank you Technology Services Staff!
Post Date: March 2, 2016
Thank you Zuhura Gober for all of your help each and every day. You
are able to step in at a moment's notice and take care of any issue sent
your way. I want to specifically thank you for your help on February 18
when we welcomed surrounding Technology Leaders into our district.
You created a very welcoming attitude and made everyone feel welcome
Thank you for helping in all aspects of the process - preparation, setup,
support, photography, and consolidation help. You are truly one of a kind
and I appreciate you so very much. Jennifer Miller
John Crumbley recently purchased a license for Cisco WebEx. On Friday
morning, February 26, 2016, Andrew Tran from the ECN team was
working with multiple vendors in an attempt to get the wireless DHCP
scopes functioning after we moved Anthony Middle School to BYOT at
CyrusOne. John and Dava Clark graciously established a session for us
to utilize in our troubleshooting. This proved to be extremely valuable and
saved us a significant amount of time!
Thanks to both John and Dava!!
Technology Leadership and Vision
Posted by: Katie Hernandez, Technology Services Department
Thank you Technology Services Staff!
Post Date: March 2, 2016
Thank you Jennifer Miller for taking time out of your busy schedule to
come to the ECN T4 meeting and discuss the iSupport SIN process.
The team was a little nervous having their name associated with a
SIN. After your explanation of the process, I believe everyone feels
better!
Thanks again, Paula Ross
Mike Raspet,
Thank you for a job with excellence and being so gracious and
understanding to those (meaning myself and the staff at Aragon
MS) that were waiting for the virus protocol process and files
restored to complete.
Ingrid Morassini
The NMO team received a call early Friday morning, February 26, 2016 from
the superintendent's office about a missing email. It can be a little stressful
walking into the commander in chief's office, but Mike Raspet was ready to
respond to the challenge. Mike was able to recover the missing information
and everyone was pleased!
Thank you Mike!
Customer Care Center
Posted by Janette Martinez, Customer Care Center
Network Availability Status at 7:00 a.m. on March 2, 2016
for Core Network and Telecommunications Services
for Mission Critical Systems
Achieve network availability of 98% for core network and telecommunications services for mission critical systems.
March 2, 2016
Core Network and Telecommunication
Services for Mission Critical
Systems Are Up!
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Technology Services Daily Status for
Wednesday, March 2, 2016
Customer Care Center, Performance Excellence
Jennifer Miller, Performance Excellence Manager March 2, 2016
Technology Services teams continue to address the needs of our customers. Our Overdue Service Requests by
team and service level expectations are shown in the following.
CFISD Technology Service Level Agreement
Elementary Switch Conversions
Continue to Progress at Swenke ES
North side of Highway 290 –Zone 3
Elizabeth Montes and Presidio managed the switch upgrade at Swenke ES on Tuesday, March 1, 2016.
The campus conversion was a success! Elizabeth worked with Nancy Grella (DII) to complete the final
campus testing.
Pictured above Nancy Grella DII Brittny Matthews (Presidio)
March 1, 2016Bond Goal 2.3 Install Network Infrastructure Electronics – Campus Level
Posted by: Elizabeth Montes, Network Analyst ECN Team
Customer Care Center
Posted by Jennifer Miller, Performance Excellence Manager
Network Availability Status at 7:00 a.m. on March 1, 2016
for Core Network and Telecommunications Services
for Mission Critical Systems
Achieve network availability of 98% for core network and telecommunications services for mission critical systems.
March 1, 2016
ECN is addressing issues at Rennell
Elementary School.
Contact has been made with our district support staff and Harris
County to resolve a Moodle issue.
Core Network and Telecommunication
Services for Mission Critical
Systems Are Up!
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Technology Services Daily Status for
Tuesday, March 1, 2016
Customer Care Center, Performance Excellence
Jennifer Miller, Performance Excellence Manager March 1, 2016
Technology Services teams continue to address the needs of our customers. Our Overdue Service Requests by
team and service level expectations are shown in the following.
CFISD Technology Service Level Agreement
eFinancePLUS 5.1 Upgrade Begins
Information Services and Applications (ISA)
John Crumbley, Director of Information Services and ApplicationsPosted by February 26, 2015
The upgrade process for CFISD’s finance system, eFinancePLUS is
entering its initial phase, installation and system configuration.
There are three major phases to this upgrade process:
1. Installation and configuration of the eFinancePLUS 5.1 system
2. Conversion of the data and programs
3. System testing and acceptance by the finance users
The project plan and timeline is being completed
in conjunction with CFISD and SunGard personnel.
We are
HERE
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Anthony Middle School
First Middle School BYOT at DataCenter 4
Enterprise Communication Networks
Paula Ross, Director of Network Infrastructure and Communications Posted by February 25-26, 2016
On Thursday evening, February 25,
2016, Andrew Tran began working
with Chris Lindstrom from BlueCat
Networks to cutover Anthony MS from
DataCenter 3 to DataCenter 4.
Andrew worked to create the IP
scopes necessary for both the new
wired and wireless environments. Glen
Carpenter was onsite at Anthony MS
to assist with the testing. The wired
environment tested successfully
immediately. However, both Andrew
and Glen noticed a problem with the
wireless environment. No IP addresses
were being issued for the three wireless
networks:
CFISD_CP
CFISD_BYOT
CFISD_Visitor
At 8:00pm Thursday evening, the team
decided to resume testing the next
morning.
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Anthony Middle School
First Middle School BYOT at DataCenter 4
Enterprise Communication Networks
Paula Ross, Director of Network Infrastructure and Communications Posted by February 25-26, 2016
Thanks to help from both John Crumbley and Dava Clark,
Andrew Tran was able to utilize John’s newly purchased
subscription to Cisco WebEx to troubleshoot with BlueCat
Networks, Layer3, Presidio and the CFISD team located at
Anthony MS.
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Anthony Middle School
First Middle School BYOT at DataCenter 4
Enterprise Communication Networks
Paula Ross, Director of Network Infrastructure and Communications Posted by February 25-26, 2016
Pictured above is Joel McCotter and Ken Wasko from Layer3, along with Derly Buentello and
Adriana Cantu from CFISD. The teams worked most of the day and the collaborative effort
finally paid off about 2:00pm that afternoon. Anthony MS wireless connectivity to DataCenter 4
was finally functioning as designed.
Customer Care Center
Posted by Jennifer Miller, Performance Excellence Manager
Network Availability Status at 7:00 a.m. on February 29, 2016
for Core Network and Telecommunications Services
for Mission Critical Systems
Achieve network availability of 98% for core network and telecommunications services for mission critical systems.
February 29, 2016
Core Network and
Telecommunicat
ion Services
for Mission Critical
Systems Are Up!
ECN is addressing an issue at
Rennell Elementary
School.
Contact has been made with our district support staff and Harris
County to resolve a Moodle
issue.
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Technology Services Daily Status for
Monday, February 29, 2016
Customer Care Center, Performance Excellence
Jennifer Miller, Performance Excellence Manager February 29, 2016
Technology Services teams continue to address the needs of our customers. Our Overdue Service Requests by
team and service level expectations are shown in the following.
CFISD Technology Service Level Agreement
Significant Milestone Reached
UPS Installations at Campuses Are Complete
Under the direction of Elizabeth Montes, the SolidIT and CFISD teams reached a
significant milestone this week. The combined teams completed the installation of the
uninterruptible power supply (UPS) units at all campus sites this week. This past week the
teams worked to install UPS units at the last of the elementary campuses. As a result, new
UPS units are now installed at all High School, Middle School, and Elementary School
campuses. The next phase of this project will be focused on the installation of the
Administrative buildings.
Bond Goal 2.3 Install Network Infrastructure Electronics – Campus Level
Posted by: Elizabeth Montes, Network Analyst February 26, 2016
Leadership and Vision
Posted by Frankie Jackson, Chief Technology Officer
Texas CIO Roundtable Webinar Regarding Google
for Education on February 26, 2016
February 26, 2016
On February 26, 2016, Frankie Jackson participated in a Texas Chief Information Officer (CIO) roundtable
webinar with Google representatives and Texas area Google school districts. Some of the interesting topics
are summarized in the following.
A copy of the presentation used during the
webinar is here.
• Google Docs adds new voice features
• Google Forms gets more templates and
add-on support
• STAAR Chrome App is released
• Google Expeditions is ready for beta
testing
• Google is expanding artifacts and
artworks in online museums
• Computer Science First is a new
program that Google is sponsoring
• Google Fiber is bringing free gigabit
fiber to public housing across the US
• Google trends
VENDOR
E-Rate E-Rate Funding
RequestFunding Category
Cogent - Internet Category 1 $40,363
ICTX - Internet Category 1 $75,600
AT&T VoIP Migration Category 1 $686,707
AT&T Voice Category 1 $395,382
Phonoscope - Dark Fiber Category 1 $159,826
Phonoscope - Wavelength Category 1 $117,000
Layer3 - Wireless Category 2 $3,327,519
Presidio - Cabling Category 2 $624,600
Presidio - Network Electronics Category 2 $6,026,523
TOTALS of ALL E-Rate 2015-2016 FILINGs $11,453,520
Estimated E-Rate
requests for 2015-2016
Katie Hernandez took the lead and served as the overall
point of contact between CFISD, Education Partners
Solution (EPS) and ESC12 E-Rate Works, the district’s
E-Rate consulting firms, to respond to questions from
the Schools and Library Division (SLD). This is GREAT
NEWS because it means our reimbursement requests
are being processed. This includes the large requests in
category 2, see the following table. If approved by the
SLD, the reimbursements will hopefully be used to
supplant the 2014 Bond Technology Infrastructure
projects. When notified, there will be a big celebration.
Leadership and Vision
Posted by Frankie Jackson, Chief Technology Officer February 24 2016
Responding to E-Rate Reimbursement Questions
from the Schools and Library Division
The following requests were provided this week:
Provided budget information showing when 2014
Bond funds were sold. Also provided copies of our
district budget, showing we had “applicant share”
funds available for the purchases.
Uploaded non-winning RFP bid responses
Provided updated PEIMS information.
Provided supplemental information needed to
finalize and process the reimbursement requests.
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Assets Team
Leonard Chance, Assets Team Leader February 23, 2016
Assets Team
Hayes TipWebIT Advisory Committee Meeting
The assets team
assembled together to
get the latest news on
upcoming features for
the TipWebIT inventory
management system.
The team also had an
opportunity to voice
their opinion and
concerns about the
current system and
offer valuable input on
ways to improve the
system. Cassandra
Slade, Ashley
Katzenberger, David
Rodriguez and Leonard
Chance took part in this
teleconference.
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Assets Team
Leonard Chance, Assets Team Leader February 26, 2016
Assets Team
Special Education Technology Meeting
In an ongoing effort to
increase technology
accountability across the
district, Ashley Katzenberger
and Leonard Chance
(Assets Team) met with
Linda Conger and Johnette
Cunningham(Special
Education Department) to
discuss inventory processes
and share information about
department inventory
practices. This was an
excellent meeting that will
lead to greater accountability
with special education and
district technology in the
near future.
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Assets Team
Leonard Chance, Assets Team Leader February 26, 2016
Assets Team
Adam Elementary Construction Planning Meeting
David Rodriguez from the Assets
team, in conjunction with Presidio and
Solid IT, takes on the assignment of
verifying and documenting the
deliveries and installation of the new
network infrastructure and power
management components at Yeager
Elementary. David’s attention to detail
and great attitude has been vital in
gathering the information needed for
this undertaking.
[]Acquisition & Asset Team
Boots Made For Inventory & Delivery Tickets
Acquisitions Team
Kim Bowlin, Acquisition Team Leader February 26, 2016
The Acquisition and Asset teams are celebrating “Go Texan” Day at the Instructional Support Center.
Pictured from Left to Right: Samara Rivera-Rangel, Ashley Katzenberger, Leonard Chance & Carla
Kennedy
Leadership and Vision
Posted by Frankie Jackson, Chief Technology Officer February 23, 2016
Internet Content Management and Filtering
Governance Committee Meeting on February 24, 2016
Greg Rhodes, Manager of the Network Management and Operations (NMO) team, led the Internet Content
Management and Filtering Governance Committee meeting on Wednesday, February 24, 2016. Frankie Jackson
and Paula Ross helped prepare the agenda and supported Greg during the meeting. The agenda included a
status about action items from the September 2015 meeting, digital citizenship, Google education, samples of
reports that are not available for monitoring, new and improved content filtering, BYOT status and direction, and
being clear about reporting Internet connection issues. A copy of the full presentation used during the meeting is
here.
Becky Cook, Director of Instructional Technology, and Sheri McCaig, Principal at Goodson
Leadership and Vision
Posted by Frankie Jackson, Chief Technology Officer February 23, 2016
Project Design Meeting for the Data Center Virtualization and
Infrastructure Upgrade (Bond Goals 4.1 and 4.2)
The project design meeting for the data center virtualization upgrade was held on Tuesday, February 23, 2016.
Teams representing their specific components of the technical solution discussed their proposed designs. With
Polly Gifford, EPS, leading the technical discussion, the team is developing a roadmap for implementation.
The following picture shows the various strategic partners involved with the first layer of design.
Technical engineers working on the first layer of design of the Data Center Virtualization Infrastructure Upgrade
Leadership and Vision
Posted by Frankie Jackson, Chief Technology Officer
2014 Bond Technology Infrastructure Summary
Completion Status Provided to Facilities and Construction
Frankie Jackson provided a 2014 Bond Technology Infrastructure Summary completion status to Roy Sprague,
Associate Superintendent of Facilities and Construction, on Sunday, February 22, 2016, as shown in the
following table.
February 22, 2016
Goal 2014 Bond Technology GoalsEst. %
Complete
% Spent
as of
2/19/16
Cost Allocation
in 2014 Bond
Expenditures
to Date as of
2/19/16
1.1 Install High Speed Wireless Access Infrastructure 65% 75.69% $12,934,270.00 $9,789,394.81
2.1 Install Network Electronics Infrastructure 65% 48.01% $28,689,853.45 $13,775,018.68
3.1 Upgrade Fiber and Cabling Connectivity 75% 150.46% $4,670,150.00 $7,026,830.31
3.2 Upgrade Electrical Power and Air Conditioning 35% 81.53% $4,969,862.99 $4,051,859.94
4.1 Build a Virtualized Server Data Center 10% 3.28% $3,105,236.33 $101,874.75
4.2 Install a Storage Area Network (SAN) 5% 0.00% $4,684,504.41 $0.00
4.3 Co-Locate Data Center at an External Facility 65% 63.68% $698,413.20 $444,745.70
4.4 Build Backup, Recovery, and Business Continuity 25% 66.45% $1,660,506.21 $1,103,396.00
5.1Replace Telephone System with VoIP
Communications15% 14.61% $7,469,293.81 $1,090,892.60
5.2 Replace Administrative Staff Technology 20% 30.72% $8,097,716.00 $2,487,656.30
5.3 Replace Network Printers and Print Servers 10% 5.66% $4,182,715.00 $236,934.98
6.1 Install Technology Infrastructure in New Schools 20% 24.53% $3,315,248.00 $813,311.53
7.1 Design Contingency 16% 15.68% $5,913,443.89 $927,288.70
Grand Totals 33% 46.30% $90,391,213.29 $41,849,204.30
Customer Care Center
Posted by Jennifer Miller, Performance Excellence Manager
Network Availability Status at 7:00 a.m. on February 26, 2016
for Core Network and Telecommunications Services
for Mission Critical Systems
Achieve network availability of 98% for core network and telecommunications services for mission critical systems.
Core Network and Telecommunication
Services for Mission Critical
Systems Are Up!
February 26, 2016
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Technology Services Daily Status for
Friday, February 26, 2016
Customer Care Center, Performance Excellence
Jennifer Miller, Performance Excellence Manager February 26, 2016
Technology Services teams continue to address the needs of our customers. Our Overdue Service Requests by
team and service level expectations are shown in the following.
CFISD Technology Service Level Agreement
Excellence in Action
Posted by: February 25, 2016John Crumbley
On February 13, 2016, this outstanding team placed fifth
out of forty schools. This achievement allows them to
advance to the Texas State MATHCOUNTS Competition
in Irving March 19, 2016. One of the stars of the team is
eighth grader Govind Chada, Neetha’s talented son.
Neetha Chada
Neetha Chada is a senior programmer
/ analyst with the ISA Business
Services team. Her main focus is
supporting the Counselors and the
Science Resource Center (SCR). In
her spare time, she and her husband
coach Spillane’s MATHCOUNTS
Academic Team. The team is only in
its second year.
Angela Zhong Steven Cheng
Govind Chada Sritha Cheemerla
Neetha Chada
Customer Care Center
Posted by Jennifer Miller, Performance Excellence Manager
Network Availability Status at 7:00 a.m. on February 25, 2016
for Core Network and Telecommunications Services
for Mission Critical Systems
Achieve network availability of 98% for core network and telecommunications services for mission critical systems.
Core Network and Telecommunication
Services for Mission Critical
Systems Are Up!
February 25, 2016
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Technology Services Daily Status for
Thursday, February 25, 2016
Customer Care Center, Performance Excellence
Jennifer Miller, Performance Excellence Manager February 25, 2016
Technology Services teams continue to address the needs of our customers. Our Overdue Service Requests by
team and service level expectations are shown in the following.
CFISD Technology Service Level Agreement
Supporting Student Services
Information Services and Applications (ISA)
John Crumbley, Director of Information Services and ApplicationsPosted by February 24, 2016
Pat Maldonado and Norma Blenderman
(pictured here) are using the newest
tool in their data arsenal, OnDataSuite,
to review and report data related to the
school district.
Their current project consists of
reviewing three (3) years of student
discipline data, specifically incidents
that involve the act of ‘fighting’, and
create a report that will be shared with
Student Services, and ultimately with
Dr. Henry, Superintendent of Schools.
Way To Go Pat & Norma! Pat Maldonado Norma Blenderman
Supporting School Nurses
Information Services and Applications (ISA)
John Crumbley, Director of Information Services and ApplicationsPosted by February 24, 2016
Rodney White, working with the DII team, is assisting
Bevin Gordon, Director of Health Services, to
investigate the possibility of using barcode scanners in
the campus health centers. This new technology
addition will reduce data input errors by reading
existing barcodes, such as the student id numbers
from student badges. This is similar to the technology
implementation in food service and library services.
Rodney White
Online Document Storage
Information Services and Applications (ISA)
John Crumbley, Director of Information Services and ApplicationsPosted by February 24, 2015
Dava Clark and Eric May were joined by Calvin Stephens on
Wednesday, February 24, 2016, to receive training in forms creation and
workflow design in Laserfiche Avante. Calvin is the Senior Solutions
Architect with JPI, Laserfiche’s Premier integrator. This training furthers
ISA’s commitment to Human Resources and their paper-less initiative.
Dava Clark Calvin Stephens, JPI Eric May