Budget+Cost+Savings

Facilitators: Bill Pulte (Papillion Lavista) Rich Beran (Gretna) Description: Talking Points is targeted at those professions who’s responsibilities include “stretching the budget” to get the most “bang for the buck”. How is your district saving money? Talking Points: Collaborative Purchase, Hardware, software, bandwidth, etc., VoIP vs. Analog, Hardware Standards, Open Source?
 * Budget Cost Savings** - Kayser Hall 234

Gretna: buy used $250 emacs statewide bid dell. Centralized purchasing vs. decentralized. decentralized money spent on other things and cpus hanging on for up to 12 yrs.

set amt of $ for cpus and other money for innovation. Smartboard purchases: tech innovation money. PTOs cannot buy cpu but can get projectors/smartboards etc. PTOs can cause discrepancies in tech. CB has developed an approved list of items to buy. Westside asked ptos to not buy tech except for specific items.

What is the replacement cycle. 25 in 25 out CB: 3-1 ratio overall PLV: 4-1 k-6 3-1 secondary (counting teacher cpu) Westside: 1-1 HS 2-1 in elementary Title funded buildings can go under the ratio PLV tags buildings and pulls out 6 yr old tech. OPS: 23000 cpus difficult challenge. Tech people report to central office. Centralized Standards for tech purchases. Still PTO can purchase anything. PLV Elk Westside leasing computers Elk all laptops replaced after 4 desktops after 5. West: 3yr replacement for staff but the cpus get repurposed at other spots in district. Battery replacement: WEST replace as needed Elk keep for life of cpu

productivity software: west- iwork -office 04 office $80000 at hs. wrestling with 08 elkhorn office 08 on teacher and hs but iwork in ele pap school agreement with 07-08 but no savings CB uses google apps for everything - free for everything BUT they still buy office for $55 per cpu OPS pilot in macmillian middle school use open office in one school for 25 netbooks (HP) per classroom all wireless Netbooks xp better video card many districts investigating netbooks. Ram 1-2gb

Westside has become its own service center buy parts at a less expensive rate and get paid for warranty. Has become a positive experience. CB does it with Dell.

How do districts standardize on software. Some going to web aps. PLV working on an approved list of software (joint curr/tech decision) WEST: during curr. adoption tech is considered (can it work) via the tech team. communication with curriculum critical Make sure curriculum items are going to work with what we have. PL not using full roaming profiles, administrative rights to machines. License sheet for liability. PL, Virtualization: X-tenda switch, licensing issues. Server virtualization at Elkhorn and C. BLuffs. C Bluffs has 3 thin client labs, in secondary buildings, HP, - Do not run demanding applications. CB also has X-tendas Service pack 3 issues and othe Microsoft updates often cause issues w/ X-tenda. Remote desktop vs. vmware view. UNO using VMware. ESU#3 is looking at it. leaning toward VM ware, but looking at Microsoft. Cost Virtual Iron?... Cost is better, than VM Ware, but does it do what VMWare can do. Cycles for switches AP etc. D-Link at Gretna, CB and PL. $1200 for 48 port gig. Bond dollars for technology. Repurcussions. Salaries: Twice a year for this type of event?.... Would be good.