The one-stop shop approach to an IT overhaul

eSchool News: Schools everywhere are in the midst of some major changes. There’s the usual implementation of Common Core standards and Smarter Balance assessments, and, for my district at least– San Bernardino County Superintendent of Schools in California– a new funding model, the rollout of local control accountability plans, an aging network, and our staggering geography.

By sheer size alone, my district has always faced some challenges. Part of that is to be expected when your schools stretch across a county larger than 20,000 square miles that serves more than 410,000 students and 34,000 teachers, administrators and staff across 540 school sites.

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