Date Communication Topics for the Week

October 31, 2016 Technology Transformation Team (T3) Leadership Meeting

October 31, 2016 CETL Study Group and Succession Planning Training Conducted

November 1, 2016 Wide Area Network Build-Out and Internet Expansion Continues to be a Priority

November 1, 2016 Enterprise Wide Area Network Build-Out to Connect New Sites Continues to Expand

November 1, 2016 Schedule as of November 3, 2016 Telephone Upgrade with AT&T’s VoIP

November 1, 2016 Report to the Long Range Planning Committee on the 2014 Bond

November 3, 2016 E-Rate 2015-2016 Funding Reimbursement On the Way from USAC

November 3, 2016 Meeting with Clever’s Executive Staff

November 4, 2016 Request For Proposals Submission Timeline Set to Expand the District’s Network

November 4, 2016 2014 Bond Goal Implementation Status As of November 4, 2016

November 4, 2016 Communicating the Status of Technology Purchases in the Workflow Delivery

November 4, 2016 Closing Message and Weekly Reflection

Technology Leadership and Communication (TLC)

Week Ending November 4, 2016

Leadership and Vision

Posted by Frankie Jackson, Chief Technology Officer November 4, 2016

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Leadership and Vision

Posted by Frankie Jackson, Chief Technology Officer October 31, 2016

Technology Leadership Team Conducts Technology Transformation Team (T3+) Meeting

Frankie Jackson led for the Technology

Transformation Team (T3+) leadership

meeting on Monday, October 31, 2016.

Notes from the meeting are here. For the

leadership topic, Frankie talked about the

experience of formal of conducting a

technology management reviews. These

reviews are an healthy exercise for an

organization because it causes staff to think

about its internal processes. The team

talked about how it might feel if we were to

conduct a review of our department.

Also during the meeting, each team leader reviewed their progress from the previous week. We also talked

about teaming for transformation initiatives and progress made from in the operations areas as well as the 2014

Bond implementation.

Review efficiencies

Review organizational structures

Review technology bonds

Review mission critical programs

Review budgets

Review vision and strategic plans

The team also shared warm thoughts

for the birth of Frankie’s new

granddaughter, Dahl Aneene David.

She was born on October 31, 2016.

The gift cards, flowers, cards, and

cupcakes were very much

appreciated!

Leadership and Vision

Posted by Frankie Jackson, Chief Technology Officer October 31, 2016

Technology Leadership Team Participates in the Certified

Education Technology Leadership (CETL) Study Program

On Monday, October 31, 2016, Jay Johnson, John Crumbley, and Rodney White focused on Ethics and

Policies as part of the Certified Education Technology Leader (CETL) program. Frankie Jackson is facilitating a

National Certified Education Technology Leadership (CETL) study group with the Consortium of School

Networking (CoSN). Frankie asked members of our leadership team to participate in the study in an effort to

promote the certification and expand the leadership capabilities of the team. Expanding the participation to the

leadership team is in alignment with our cross training and succession planning efforts.

Introduction

“Manage the creation,

implementation, and

enforcement of policies and

educational programs relating to

the social, legal, and ethical

issues related to technology use

throughout the district and

modeling responsible decision-

making.”

CFISD Enterprise Wide Area Network Build-Out

and Internet Expansion Continues to be a Priority

Leadership and Vision

Posted by Frankie Jackson, Chief Technology Officer November 1, 2016

On Tuesday, November 1, 2016, Frankie Jackson met with Oscar

Villar, Polly Gifford (EPS), Mike Raspet, Andrew Tran, Greg

Rhodes, and Paula Ross to discuss the following topics:

• Building out of the fiber network in the Bridgeland area

(Southwest side of the district)

• Completing the redundancy fiber links. There are areas of the

district that are vulnerable for a fiber cut where there isn’t a

redundant network connection path

• Considering Internet peering with a direct connection straight to

Microsoft and Google and Internet 2.

• Bidding Internet services as our ICTX contract will be up in 2017

• Assessing the e-rate schedule for requesting reimbursements

for Internet, new schools, and redundancies in fiber links.

As a result, the following RFPs will be

solicited with a plan to go to the

February 2017 board meeting for

approval.

• RFP #1 Internet Services,

Peering options, and Internet 2

• RFP #2 Fiber connections for

redundancy

• RFP #2a Fiber connections for

new schools

• RFP #3 Network electronics for

new schools

Oscar Villar, Polly Gifford (EPS), Mike Raspet, Andrew Tran, Greg Rhodes, Paula Ross, and

Frankie Jackson (not pictured)

Cy-Woods HS

Carlton Center

Cy-Ranch HS

Spillane MS

Smith MS

Goodson MS

Hamilton MS

Salyards MS

Black ES

Warner ES

Keith ES

Farney ES

Pope ES

Robison ES

Hamilton ES

Sampson ES

Ault ES

Moore ES

Swenke ES

Cy-Ridge Hub

Cy-Ridge HS

Cy-Falls HS

Labay MS

Danish ES

Adam ES

Willbern ES

Emmott ES

Fiest ES

Hairgrove ES

Lowery ES

Owens ES

Telge Ag Barn

Eldridge

Transp.

Eldridge Ag

ELC Smokey

Trail

Bleyl Hub

Bleyl MS

Cy-Creek HS

Windfern HS

ALC East

Campbell MS

Francone ES

Hancock ES

Matzke ES

Yeager ES

Pridgeon Stadium

Falcon Annex

Falcon Transp

Windfern Annex

Maintenance Ctr

Dean MS

Jersey Village

Cook MS

Lee ES

Bane ES

Kirk ES

Bang ES

Frazier ES

Gleason ES

Holbrook ES

Post ES

Reed ES

Food Ser

Warehouse

Food Production

Berry Center Hub

Cy-Fair HS

Langham Creek

Anthony MS

Aragon MS

Arnold MS

Truitt MS

Postma ES

Birkes ES

Copeland ES

Lamkin ES

Holmsley ES

Horne ES

Millsap ES

Rennell ES

Police Station

Telge Transp.

Science Resource

and Exhibit Centers

Barker Transport.

Cy-Lakes HS

Cy-Park HS

Cy-Springs

Hopper MS

Kahla MS

ALC West

Thornton MS

Watkins MS

Andre ES

Duryea ES

McFee ES

Robinson ES

Metcalf ES

Emery ES

Hemmenway ES

Jowell ES

Lieder ES

Sheridan ES

Tipps ES

Walker ES

Wilson ES

Bridgeland Hub

CyPark HS

Elementary #55

Westgreen Trans.

Cold Storage

New Schools

Data Center 4Data Center 3

1 2 3 4 5 6 7

CFISD Enterprise Wide Area Network Build-Out

to Connect New Sites Continues to Expand

Leadership and Vision

Posted by Frankie Jackson, Chief Technology Officer

Schedule as of November 3, 2016

Telephone Upgrade with AT&T’s VoIP

November 3, 2016

2014 2015

SepJan - May Jun July Aug

20172016

Oct

Contract

Negotiations

Design

Scheduled

behind

technology

upgrades

Bleyl

Carlton Center

CyFair Annex

Andre ES

Arnold MS

CySprings HS

CyFair HS

CyPark HS

Hopper MS

Lamkin ES

Design

Cabling

Scheduled

behind

technology

infrastructure

upgrades

Nov Dec

Berry Center

Cy-Lakes

Langham

Cy-Ridge

Cy-Ranch

• Cy-Falls

• Cy-Creek

• Cy-Woods

• Jersey V

• Dean

• Spillane

• Kahla

• Cook

• Smith

• Goodson

• Hamilton

• Anthony

Jan

Keith ES

Postma ES

Danish ES

Duryea ES

Farney ES

McFee ES

Hamilton ES

Robison ES

Lee ES

Sampson ES

Ault ES

Birkes ES

Copeland ES

Holmsley ES

Moore ES

Robinson ES

• Aragon

• Truitt

• Thornton

• Campbell

• Labay

• Salyards

• ALC East

• ALC West

• Black ES

• Warner ES

Feb

Build Network Quality of Service

(Prioritize phone network traffic 1st)

Stabilize

Document

Improve

Police Department

Training:

- 8/25/2016

- 8/26/2016

Leadership and Vision

Posted by Frankie Jackson, Chief Technology Officer

Schedule as of November 3, 2016

Telephone Upgrade with AT&T’s VoIP

2014 2015

April

20172016

MayMar

• Horne ES

• Swenke ES

• Millsap ES

• Rennell ES

• Emery ES

• Metcalf ES

• Hemmenway

• Jowell ES

• Adam ES

• Lieder ES

• Sheridan ES

• Tipps ES

• Walker ES

• Willbern ES

• Francone ES

• Wilson ES

• Emmott ES

• Fiest ES

• Hairgrove ES

• Hancock ES

• Lowery ES

• Matzke ES

• Owens ES

• Yeager ES

• Bane ES

• Kirk ES

• Bang ES

• Post ES

• Frazier ES

• Gleason ES

• Holbrook ES

• Pope ES

• Reed ES

• Woodard

• Pridgeon Stadium

• Food Service Annex

• Telge Transportation

• Science Resource Center

• Eldridge Transportation

• Food Production Center

• ELC II - Smokey Trail

• Barker Cypress Transportation

• Falcon Annex

• Falcon Transportation

• Maintenance Center

• Operations

• Windfern Annex

• ELC I - Falcon Road

• Facilities

• Watkins MS

• Adaptive Behavior Center

June

• Instructional

Support

Center

• Instructional

Support

Center -

West

November 3, 2016

Leadership and Vision

Posted by Frankie Jackson, Chief Technology Officer November 1, 2016

Report to the Long Range Planning Committee

On the 2014 Bond Technology Infrastructure

Frankie Jackson participated in a meeting on Tuesday, November 1, 2016 from 6:00 – 8:00 p.m. with the Long

Range Planning Committee members to review the progress of the 2014 Bond Referendum. She was at the

meeting to specifically address the technology infrastructure component of the Bond. A copy of the

presentation is here. Frankie was proud to see the technology infrastructure component of the bond be

highlighted first, as shown page pages 3-6. Committee members expressed their gratitude for staying on

course and accomplishing a great amount of work in a small period of time. The presentation was well

received!

Frankie Jackson confirmed and filled 2015-2016 E-Rate funding reimbursements

with ESC12 E-Rate Works, the district’s E-Rate consulting firm, to certify and

request funds to be transferred to the district from the Universal Service

Administrative Company (USAC). A total of $963,734.42 is scheduled to be

released to the district within the next month.

The following table shows a breakdown of the services that are refundable. The

entire team is to be commended for these district savings. In particular, Katie

Hernandez is instrumental in making sure all of the paperwork is appropriately filed.

This is a monumental effort and Katie’s work is greatly appreciated!

Leadership and Vision

Posted by Frankie Jackson, Chief Technology Officer November 3, 2016

E-Rate 2015-2016 Funding Reimbursement On the Way from

the Universal Service Administrative Company (USAC)

Service Provider Service Actual CostE-Rate

Reimbursement

Southwestern Bell Telephone CompanyLocal Phone-Plexar & Plain Old

Telephone Service (POTS)$ 920,079.74 $368,031.90

Interfacing Company of Texas, Inc. 10 gig Ethernet $ 126,000.00 $75,600.00

Cogent Communications, Inc. 10 gig E $ 36,000.00 $21,600.00

Phonoscope Enterprises Group, LLC Dark Fiber $ 349,164.20 $209,498.52

Phonoscope Light Wave, IncBandwidth for Interconnectivity

between Data Centers$ 469,650.00 $281,790.00

AT&T Corp. VoIP $ 18,035.00 $7,214.00

$ 1,918,928.94 $963,734.42

E-Rate Reimbursements for Category 1 Funding in 2015-2016

Frankie Jackson met with executive staff from Clever on

Wednesday, November 3, 2016. Clever provides a software

solution that gives school districts the ability to setup a single

student roster for access with id/password synchronization.

Their ability to easily integrate with software applications

automatically offers teachers one-click logins and access to

their available software.

Currently the district uses Clever to integrate with several

applications like Achieve 3000, Stoneware, and several

textbooks. There may be greater potential in the future.

Leadership and Vision

Posted by Frankie Jackson, Chief Technology Officer November 3, 2016

Meeting with Clever’s Executive Staff

Roniesha Copeland, Clever’s Customer Success

Roli Saxena, VP of Sales and Customer

Success, with Frankie Jackson and

Roniesha Copeland (Clever)

Frankie explained our current single sign on

challenges and our environment in hopes to

provide more streamlined access to

software, which will in turn save teachers

and students instructional time.

Request For Proposals Submission Timeline is

Set Working to Expand the District’s Network

Leadership and Vision

Posted by Frankie Jackson, Chief Technology Officer November 4, 2016

As a result of the meeting held on November 1, 2016, with

Frankie Jackson, Oscar Villar, Polly Gifford (EPS), Mike

Raspet, Andrew Tran, Greg Rhodes, and Paula Ross to

discuss the district’s network expansion projects, the

following Request for Proposal (RFP) timeline is set. The

preparation of the RFPs with specific details with scopes of

work are being developed. Thanks to Kim Bowlin for her

attention to detail in preparing a strict timeline that will

ensure the team makes the agenda for the February 2017

board meeting.

RFPs In Work to Expand the District’s Network

Target for Approval is February 2017

Leadership and Vision

Posted by Frankie Jackson, Chief Technology Officer

2014 Bond Goal Implementation Status

As of November 4, 2016

November 4, 2016

Goal

3.1

Goal

3.1

Goal

1

Goal

1

Goal

4

Goal

4

Goal

1

Goal

2

Goal

3.1

Goal

3.2

Goal

5.1

Goal

5.2

Goal

5.2

Goal

5.3

Goal

5.2

Wave

2A

Wave

2B

Wave

1

Wave

4

Wave

5A

Wave

5B

Wave

10

Wave

3

Wave

2C

Wave

6

Wave

7

Wave

8A

Wave

8B

Wave

9A

Wave

11

Grade ClusterInstall

Cabling

Planned

Install

Cabling

New

Replace

Old

Wireless

Install

Dense

Wireless

Connect

Wireless

to DC 3

Connect

Wireless

to DC 4

Install

Outside

Wireless

Replace

Network

Electronics

Connect

Fiber

Network

Upgrade

Power

and AC

Replace

Phones

w/ VoIP

Replace

15-16

Devices

Replace

16-17

Devices

Replace

Network

Printers

Upgrade

ZEN to

LANDesk

Network HUBS 100% 100% 100% 100% 100% 100% 83% 100% 100% 100% 17% 100% 100% 17% 100%

High Schools 100% 100% 100% 98% 100% 100% 89% 100% 100% 100% 11% 100% 100% 13% 100%

Middle Schools 100% 100% 100% 100% 100% 100% 98% 100% 100% 95% 6% 100% 100% 13% 100%

Elementary 100% 100% 98% 98% 100% 100% 28% 100% 100% 0% 4% 100% 100% 24% 100%

Overall

Estimated

Completion

100% 100% 99.54% 99% 100% 100% 75% 100% 100% 74% 9% 100% 100% 17% 100%

The 2014 Bond Goal implementation status is shown in the following table. The percent status shows the

overall completions by grade cluster and 2014 Goal Technology Infrastructure Project goals, with the waves of

implementations. The full detail of the schedule by campus can be viewed here.

All details about the 2014 Bond Technology Infrastructure Implementation is available here.

Leadership and Vision

Posted by Frankie Jackson, Chief Technology Officer October 14, 2016

Communicating the Status of Technology Purchases in the

Workflow of Delivery of Products

On November 4, 2016, Frankie Jackson met with Kim Bowlin, Geoff Brown, and

Becky Cook to status open action items related to improving the process of

communicating the status of technology purchases in the workflow of delivery of

products. are ready to be trained. This is the 4th meeting focused on this process.

The transformation team has made great headway! Click here to see the new process for checking status and

viewing a calendar showing the delivery schedules. The following are the next steps.

Technology Services received technology order

Technology Acquisition team processed

technology order

Technology order received by the vendor

Technology order scheduled for delivery

Technology order delivered to campus

Technology order installed at the campus/site

Technology training provided at the campus/site

Technology

Purchases and

Delivery

Schedules

• Upgrade the calendaring and integration software, Caspio.

• Establish a nightly download with eFinance PO data.

• Further define the process so vendors can send updated

delivery information about technology purchases

• Define check points in the work flow so additional details

of where the order is in the process can be available. For

example, track the following dates:

Becky Cook plans to link to the Technology Services

Acquisition webpage from the Instructional

Technology webpage so campus staff and principals

will have more information about the technology

arriving at their campus. This is great news!

Leadership and Vision

Posted by Frankie Jackson, Chief Technology Officer

Closing Message and Reflection for the Week

November 4, 2016

Efficient

Accessible

Systematic

Highly-Skilled

Student-Focused

Service-Oriented

Leadership

There are many highlights to reflect on last

week starting with the report to the Long

Range Planning committee. I was so proud to

see the technology infrastructure component of

the bond be highlighted first. Committee

members expressed their gratitude for staying on course

and delivering what we said we would, and accomplishing a

great amount of work in a small period of time. Then there

was signing for $963K of e-rate funding returns and working

with our transformation teams for improvement. I am so

grateful for every member of our team. – Frankie Jackson