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Leadership and Vision Posted by Frankie Jackson, Chief Technology Officer Technology Leadership Staff Conducts Technology Transformation Team (T 3 ) Meeting on October 19, 2015 Frankie Jackson led the Technology Transformation Team (T 3 ) leadership meeting on Monday, October 19, 2015. The leadership topic included a discussion about Be Hear Now from Jack Canfield’s book, Success Principles. October 23, 2015 Other meeting agenda items included: Reviewing each team’s status, Discussing the week’s priorities, Reviewing the previous week’s accomplishments. Notes from the meeting are available here .

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Leadership and Vision

Posted by Frankie Jackson, Chief Technology Officer

Technology Leadership Staff Conducts Technology Transformation Team (T3) Meeting on October 19, 2015

Frankie Jackson led the Technology Transformation Team (T3) leadership meeting on Monday, October 19, 2015.

The leadership topic included a discussion about Be Hear Now from Jack Canfield’s book, Success Principles.

October 23, 2015

Other meeting agenda items

included:

• Reviewing each team’s

status,

• Discussing the week’s

priorities,

• Reviewing the previous

week’s accomplishments.

Notes from the

meeting are

available here.

Leadership and Vision

Posted by Frankie Jackson, Chief Technology Officer

Professional Personnel Services Committee

Concern Received from Post Elementary

Frankie Jackson supported the Professional Personnel Services Committee meeting on Monday, October 19,

2015. Post elementary submitted an issue on September 22, 2015 about inoperable laptops and projectors.

They have been told that if a laptop or projector breaks and can’t be repaired that they will not be replaced.

Frankie addressed the committee with the following response. During the response presentation, other

committee members expressed similar concerns. Frankie took the names of the members that expressed

concerns and she plans to conduct site visits the week of October 25, 2015.

October 23, 2015

RESPONSE:

Funds available in the 2014 Bond Technology Referendum will replace laptops and projectors.

Laptops and projectors are funded in two different categories of the 2014 Bond: administrative

purchases and instructional purchases.

Funds to replace administrative purchases include laptops, not projectors. Projectors will need to

be budgeted as part of each department’s annual budget. Laptops are however included and will

be replaced on a five-year replacement cycle. This year, 2015, over 500 administrative laptops

have been replaced. If there is an administrative laptop that needs to be replaced at Post

elementary, feel free to submit an iSupport service request.

Funds to replace instructional laptops and projectors are funded in the instructional category of

the 2014 Bond. These funds in the 2014 Bond Instructional Technology referendum are

scheduled to be sold in November 2015. At that time, the Director of Instructional Technology,

Becky Cook, will set forth a replacement plan for replacing instructional laptops and projectors.

Leadership and Vision

Posted by Frankie Jackson, Chief Technology Officer

Meeting with Microsoft Account Executive with

Lenovo to Discuss Microsoft’s Increase in Pricing

October 20, 2015

Frankie Jackson and Jay Johnson met with Patrick Dougal, the

CFISD Lenovo account representative on Tuesday, October

20, 2015 to discuss Microsoft’s Shape the Future discounts,

which ended on October 20, 2015. Microsoft is giving vendors

new guidance on which devices will increase in cost. This

includes the tiny desktops and Helix 2 devices. The cost

increase could be anywhere from $75-$80 per device.

Frankie made it clear that if Microsoft

increases their cost in the education

market, CFISD will rebid or pursue

other purchasing options, including the

Lenovo products. Mr. Dougal said he

would take this message back to

Lenovo and Microsoft.

In a previous meeting with Microsoft on October 15, 2015, Microsoft heard from Texas Chief Technology

Officers (CTOs) about their concerns. Microsoft said they would go back and reconsider cost increases and

how the Shape the Future discounts are structured!

At this time, we will await to hear from Lenovo and Microsoft about any potential cost increases.

Leadership and Vision

Posted by Frankie Jackson, Chief Technology Officer

Working with CoSN on Defining When Does Lit Fiber,

Dark Fiber, or Self Construction Make Sense

October 20, 2015

Frankie Jackson participated in a conference with the

Consortium of School Network (CoSN), along with other

CTOs from across the nation, on Tuesday, October 20, 2015

to discuss when does it make sense to use lit fiber, dark

fiber, or self construct.

With the costs associated with

connectivity being so significant,

as well as the impact connectivity

has on education, it is vital that a

district like CFISD be on the

leading edge of all education

network design conversations.

CoSN is working on a tool kit that

we be part of the SMAR

Education Network by Design

(SEND) initiative. Click here to

see the starting point for this

larger discussion.

Leadership and Vision

Posted by Frankie Jackson, Chief Technology Officer

SunGard Family Mobile App for Administrative Users

is Approved by School Administration

On October 21, 2015, John Crumbley demonstrated the SunGard Family Mobile App

for administrative users to school administration, including Scott Sheppard, Donna

Guthrie, Travis Fanning, and Carla Brosnahan. John also invited Jeff Burnthorn, the

Director of Instruction (DI), and Candace McCown, Associate Principal from Cy Fair

high school. Jeff and Candace have been using the App as part of a pilot group, and

are thrilled with the new capabilities that it provides. At the end of the presentation and

demonstration, John received approval to move forward with the roll-out and

implementation of the App. He received direction to present at the upcoming DI

meetings for secondary campuses, and cluster meetings for elementary campuses.

The term “lead from your feet, not from your seat” has been coined as a result of the

app now being available. A copy of John’s presentation is available here. Thank you

John for making student information systems available to administrators. Now,

administrative staff have a mobile tool with all student information readily available!

October 22, 2015

Scott Sheppard, Donna Guthrie, Travis Fanning, Candace McCown, Jeff Burnthorn,

Carla Brosnahan, Frankie Jackson and John Crumbley

Leadership and Vision

Posted by Frankie Jackson, Chief Technology Officer

AT&T with Cisco and Network Data Systems (NDS) Review the

Voice over IP (VoIP) Telephone Upgrade Design Document

Frankie Jackson worked with AT&T and Cisco technical specialists to review the proposed Voice over IP (VoIP)

telephone upgrade design document. AT&T has subcontracted with Network Data Systems (NDS) to prepare

the detailed design for the CFISD implementation. The NDS design was provided to CFISD. Frankie sent the

design to Cisco for a verification review. Cisco assessed the design with their Unified Communications network

engineers and requested the following revisions. Frankie is also working with AT&T’s project management team

to assess the implementation schedule to assure the installation aligns with the network infrastructure upgrades

that are underway at the campuses, and the e-rate funding reimbursement schedule, as we move into 2016.

October 23, 2015

REVISIONS REQUESTED in the Detail Design Document:

1. Connect to local paging systems for dial access, e.g. bell

systems at the campuses.

2. Provide redundant Cisco Emergency Responder (CER)

servers for all network electronic switches.

3. Provide telepresence server for Jabber technology, which

enables video conference calling.

4. Incorporate Domain Name Server (DNS) aware technology

for network integration.

5. Install server certificates on the Cisco Unified Call Manager

(CUCM) hardware infrastructure.

Detailed Design ReviewNow that the Enterprise Communication Network (ECN) new hire

has accepted the position of Telecommunications Support Analyst,

we will have additional staff available to lead and support the

telephone replacement implementation.

Leadership and Vision

Posted by Frankie Jackson, Chief Technology Officer

Upgrades for Wireless Access for Dense

Distribution at CyRanch High School

October 23, 2015

As of Friday morning, October 23, 2015,

the teams had installed and turned up

220 wireless access points. Staff will

continue to work through Saturday,

October 24, 2015 to complete the total

upgrade. Thank you to staff that are

willing to give up their free time to

support the upgrade project.Glen Carpenter, CFISD

Layer3 Vendor Providing Wireless Upgrades for CFISD

The Enterprise Communication Network (ECN) and Device Imaging and Imaging (DII) teams started working on

Thursday afternoon, October 22, 2015, upgrading the wireless access for dense distribution at CyRanch high

school. Paula Ross, Larry Barrios, and Glen Carpenter, worked late into the evening, with Layer3 staff, to install

and replace wireless access points.

Leadership and Vision

Posted by Frankie Jackson, Chief Technology Officer

Cabling, Follow-up, Planning, and Punch List Rework

Continues at the High School and Middle Schools

Cabling, follow-up, planning, and punch

list (rework) continues at the high school

and middle schools. The tables to the

right show the overall percent completes

at each school. Presidio is subcontracting

with MCA. MCA is providing 4 cabling

crews working to complete the cabling in

the schools.

October 20 2015

% Complete

Middle School 80%

Hopper MS 0%

Campbell MS 47%

Cook MS 50%

Watkins MS 50%

Aragon MS 50%

Truitt MS 50%

Thornton MS 50%

Labay MS 50%

Arnold MS 66%

Anthony MS 83%

Salyards MS 87%

Kahla MS 97%

Hamilton MS 100%

Goodson MS 100%

Smith MS 100%

Bleyl MS 100%

Spillane MS 100%

Dean MS 100%

% Complete

High School 94%

ALC East 67%

Cy-Springs HS 75%

Cy-Creek HS 81%

Jersey Village HS 83%

Cy-Falls HS 89%

Cy-Ranch HS 100%

Cy-Woods HS 100%

Cy-Fair HS 100%

Cy-Lakes HS 100%

ALC West 100%

Langham Creek HS 100%

Cy-Ridge HS 100%

Windfern HS 100%

* Starting Next Week

* In Progress

* CompleteMCA Cabling Crews Running High-Speed Wireless Cabling

Leadership and Vision

Posted by Frankie Jackson, Chief Technology Officer

Data Center 3 – Still Waiting on CenterPoint Energy to

Install an Electrical Pole Before Work Can Resume

October 20, 2015

Data Center 3 completion depends on CenterPoint Energy installing an electrical pole, at the backside of the

building. The following are the pending action items. eVolve has requested an update and CFISD is waiting on

a response.

Waiting on

CenterPoint

Energy to

Install Pole

HereData Center 3

1. Provide Centerpoint cutsheets and drawings

of the 260 Amp automatic transfer switch

(ATS) for verification. Evolve provided

Centerpoint with this information.

2. Develop an operational agreement for

signature relating to safety and operations.

Centerpoint took the action to send the

agreement to Evolve/CFISD. eVolve

received an email from Centerpoint on

Wednesday (10/14) stating that the signed

operational agreement would be sent out in

the mail. As of Monday, 10/19, eVolve has

not received the agreement. Once received,

eVolve will bring it to CFISD for review and

approval since it will need to be signed by

CFISD personnel.

3. Verify the load on the existing transformer currently

servicing the data center to verify the service will not be

overloaded. Centerpoint took this action. Evolve has

not yet received verification from Centerpoint that this

has been performed. This should be a non-issue since

the data center has always been on the existing

transformer and has not experience problems in the

past.

Leadership and Vision

Posted by Frankie Jackson, Chief Technology Officer October 23, 2015

Network Infrastructure Upgrades Set for the

Weekend at Truitt and Salyards Middle Schools

School Start End

Bleyl MS July 2015 July 2015

Dean MS July 2015 July 2015

Spillane MS 9/18/2015 9/20/2015

Hopper MS 9/18/2015 9/20/2015

Kahla MS 9/25/2015 9/27/2015

Goodson MS 9/25/2015 9/27/2015

Smith MS 10/2/2015 10/4/2015

Hamilton MS 10/9/2015 10/11/2015

Aragon MS 10/23/2015 10/25/2015

Truitt MS 10/23/2015 10/25/2015

Salyards MS 10/23/2015 10/25/2015

Thornton MS 10/30/2015 11/1/2015

Labay MS 10/30/2015 11/1/2015

Campbell MS 11/6/2015 11/8/2015

Watkins MS 11/6/2015 11/8/2015

Cook MS 11/13/2015 11/13/2015

Arnold MS 11/13/2015 11/13/2015

Anthony MS 11/20/205 11/22/2015

In a conference call on Thursday, October 22, 2015, with Frankie

Jackson, and the Enterprise Communication Network team, along with

Presidio, it was determined that teams are set to upgrade the network

infrastructure at Truitt and Salyards middle schools this weekend.

Equipment has been delivered and staged at each campus. CFISD,

Presidio and Gigabit Technologies will have personnel at each

campuses beginning at 8am on Saturday, October 24th, 2015 to

begin the new network equipment installation.

Gigabit staged the equipment in each closet and un-patched, un-

racked, re-racked, re-patched each closet. Gigabit will dress all

cabinets, panels and raceways to meet CFISD’s current methodology

and standard. Presidio will provide support and direct the efforts of

Gigabit. CFISD will have all necessary keys and badge access

required to open all MDF / IDF locations and provide oversight.

MIDDLE SCHOOLS NETWORK

INFRASTRUTURE SCHEDULE

• 8am - Arrive on site and begin staging equipment

• 9am - Stage / rack /stack equipment

• 8am - 11am Dsconnect the connection to the MDF

• 11am - 12noon - Cutover MDF and confirm connection to ISC

• 12noon - ???- Confirm operation of pre-defined priority users in

Admin areas. Configure static and special ports. Continue

rack/stack and turn up of all IDF's

Leadership and Vision

Posted by Frankie Jackson, Chief Technology Officer October 26, 2015

Network Infrastructure Upgrades at Truitt and

Salyards Middle Schools Are Complete with Success

School Start End

Bleyl MS July 2015 July 2015

Dean MS July 2015 July 2015

Spillane MS 9/18/2015 9/20/2015

Hopper MS 9/18/2015 9/20/2015

Kahla MS 9/25/2015 9/27/2015

Goodson MS 9/25/2015 9/27/2015

Smith MS 10/2/2015 10/4/2015

Hamilton MS 10/9/2015 10/11/2015

Aragon MS 10/23/2015 10/25/2015

Truitt MS 10/23/2015 10/25/2015

Salyards MS 10/23/2015 10/25/2015

Thornton MS 10/30/2015 11/1/2015

Labay MS 10/30/2015 11/1/2015

Campbell MS 11/6/2015 11/8/2015

Watkins MS 11/6/2015 11/8/2015

Cook MS 11/13/2015 11/13/2015

Arnold MS 11/13/2015 11/13/2015

Anthony MS 11/20/205 11/22/2015

The Enterprise Communication Network (ECN) team successfully

upgraded the network infrastructure at Truitt and Salyards middle

schools over the weekend. CFISD staff, along with Presidio and

Gigabit Technologies started at 8am on Saturday, October 24th, 2015.

Staff finished by 10:00 p.m. – what a long day! CFISD providing

support included Paula Ross, Oscar Villar, Thomas Hollister, Anna

Senties, and Elizabeth Montes.

MIDDLE SCHOOLS NETWORK

INFRASTRUTURE SCHEDULE

Challenges:

• More closets and switches than the

normal MS campus.

• All closets with the exception of IDF

I in the field house are connected

and working properly.

• IDF I had an electrical outage.

• All other switches have been

tested.

• Operation connectivity has been

confirmed.

Salyards Middle School Truitt Middle School

Challenges:

• None

• All switches have

been tested

• Operation

connectivity has

been confirmed.

Leadership and Vision

Posted by Frankie Jackson, Chief Technology Officer

Frankie Jackson met separately with five of the Technology Transformation Tactical Teams (T4)

on Tuesday and Thursday, October 20 and 22, 2015.

Some of the meeting highlights included:

The focus of each meeting including statusing each team’s priorities, progress, and goals.

Conducted a dry run of John Crumbley’s presentation of the Family Mobile App for Administrators

Discussed leadership development and opportunities during campus technician meeting

Talked about the RFPs being processed and evaluation, and the board approval schedule

Discussed the status of the asset device responsibility policy

SUS ASSETS ACQUISITIONS

October 22, 2105

11:00

Technology Transformation Tactical Team (T4)

Meetings on October 20-21, 2015

October 23, 2015

8:00 9:00 3:002:00

October 20, 2015

Leadership and Vision

Posted by Frankie Jackson, Chief Technology Officer

Instructional Technology Coordination Meeting on

Wednesday, October 21, 2015

Frankie Jackson met with Becky Cook, Director of Instructional

Technology, on Wednesday, October 21 2015. A summary of the meeting

notes are here. Items discussed included the following:

October 23, 2015

• Discussed the delivery of the US History laptops to the high schools. Things are going well. All the USH

laptops should be delivered by the end of the week. Training is ongoing.

• Talked about if there is an intermediate solution to providing campuses laptop replacements and projectors.

Becky sent an email to Mary requesting a meeting.

• Representatives from Troxell is planning to deliver a proposal to setup the students for Google accounts

including the interface to Microsoft Azure, and with synchronization with Active Directory.

• Linda Macias and Mary Jadloski are interested in seeing a demonstration of Stoneware for a student portal.

When Rodney returns he will set up a meeting.

• Becky is working with Kajeet to set up a demonstration of how the product works. This could be used as a

possible solution for providing students access to the Internet at home. Becky will be arranging a time with

Linda and Mary for a webinar. It will be probably during the week of Oct. 27.

• There is a need for us to use Lab 3 because of the promethean board. Frankie took the action to move

technology services out of Lab 3. 6. 7. Jay should have everything needed to purchase the 210 C&I laptop.

Leadership and Vision

Posted by Frankie Jackson, Chief Technology Officer

Texas K-12 Chief Technology Officer (CTO) Council

Strategic Planning and Fall Meeting

October 23, 2015

Frankie Jackson participated in the Texas K-12 chief Technology Officer (CTO)

Council strategic planning meeting on Thursday afternoon, October 22nd, 2015 in

San Antonio, Texas. Then Friday, she and Jennifer Miller attended the fall

meeting from 8-5. A summary of the agenda is as follows. Key discussion points

are available here.

• Sponsor Session - Unite Private Networks - "Infrastructure Required" - Randy Wright, UPN

• Keynote Speaker - Richard Guerry - "Public & Permanent: A Guideline to Promote Responsible Use

• Presentation - Lena Engel, Attorney - Rogers, Morris & Grover - "Ten Pitfalls of Software Contracts"

• "Automating User Management and Access in a Cloud Connected Learning Environment“

• Sponsor Session - Lensec - "Security Technology Upgrades at Pflugerville ISD"

• Sponsor Session - Conterra Broadband - "Leveraging Your Network Infrastructure“, Conterra Broadband

• Sponsor Session - Lenovo & Absolute Software

• Presentation - "Communicating Bond Propositions for Success"

• Sponsor Session - AG iRepair, Jeff Lander, AG iRepair

• Sponsor Session - Clever - "Clever: The Flexible and Secure K-12 Identity Solution"

• Table Discussion - "Staffing Patterns“, Victor Valdez, Pflugerville ISD and Karen Fuller, Klein ISD

• Sponsor Session - Xirrus - "Maximizing E-rate 2016 Funding for Your Network Upgrades"

• Panel - "Update of Policies from the Last Legislative Session“ Mike Tilley, TASB

Leadership and Vision

Posted by Frankie Jackson, Chief Technology Officer

Closing Message for the Week

October 23, 2015

Leadership and Vision

Posted by Frankie Jackson, Chief Technology Officer

Reflection for the Week

October 23, 2015

A highlight for me was watching John

Crumbley demonstrate the Mobile App

for Administrators to Travis Fanning, Scott

Sheppard, Donna Guthrie, & Carla Brosnahan.

John also invited the DI and Associate Principal for CyFair

high school. They talked about how the app is enabling

their administrative staff to “Lead from your feet, not from

your seat.” I reflected on our purpose, “We Transform

Education.” As I watched John go through the app and

hear how administrators can use it to help transform

education, I thought of Viktor Frankl’s quote, “Everyone’s

task is unique as is his specific opportunity to implement

it.” What a transformative technology! - Frankie Jackson