RBUSD I.T. – Unsung heroes of a school district
by Garth Meyer Would there be an R a B a U an S or a D today without an I and T? They deal with e-waste, registration day, new teacher orientation and solve problems at every school site. They crawl through roofs to replace conduit, re-wire and pull new fiber connections; all for a few thousand people who mostly do not know what that means. They are the 12-member Redondo Unified School District I.T. team. Everyone knows what it stands for. “When things go awry, somehow they are able to push that magic button and get things going again pretty quickly,” said Nicole Wesley, Redondo Unified superintendent. The team is led by Susana Garcia, chief technology officer. Things they do for the district are: network upgrades, software contracts and procedures, digital citizenship – which started last spring with 10-20 minute lessons for elementary students through high school specialized to each age group – and laptop refreshing, user support, maintaining the campus security system and more. This summer was another annual rush. “It’s been nonstop,” said Garcia. “Most of the time, to make something better, you have to break it first. And you can’t do that during the school year.” said Dan…
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