1. Opening Activities

2. New Business

Citrix is infrastructure software that the Technology Department uses to deliver applications and desktop images to students and faculty. It provides a platform that delivers access to resources 24/7 to internet connected devices as well as district owned equipment. The Citrix Education Program is modeled after the Microsoft Campus Level agreements allowing us to use licenses much more flexibly than in our past agreements.

When we implemented our last major upgrade, we were asked to cut some funding out of the project. We did so and as a result, we re-purposed some existing servers. These servers are stationed in each building to facilitate the streaming of computer operating systems to our teachers and students. That strategy worked well until this past summer, when we started having hard drive and motherboard failures. We foresaw those failures and had extra drives and servers hardware to serve as replacements. Unfortunately, we have used up our stock of replacements on maintenance equipment, and have run through all three of our spare servers during the week of September 16th. Two of the spare servers are below the suggested specifications, but have been able to keep us limping along. Many of the servers in the other buildings are showing similar signs of failure. Failure of these particular servers in our buildings is a major concern, resulting in computers either not starting up, the start-up process taking several minutes, and/or frequent freeze ups. We have requested quotes from GovConnection based on COSTARS state contract pricing to replace the servers in question. We currently have 7 servers of 8 that are in desperate need. The attached quote represents some attractive pricing. Ordering by the 26th of September allowed us to lock in these prices. We had these overnighted, so that we can start the replacement in late September or early October rather than waiting until after the board meeting in October. Doing so saved a few weeks of heartache and stress on our teachers and students.

This is the normal process for a purchase request for property that is not on the tax rolls due to non-payment of taxes.

3. Old Business

4. Informational Items

5. Other

6. Closing Activities