Cypress-Fairbanks, the third largest Texas school district, indeed continues to stay ahead in regards to educational IT, transforming the way it’s preparing its students – about 116,000 in the 2017-18 academic year.
Paving the Way
After joining the district in 2013, Frankie Jackson, Chief Technology Officer of Cypress-Fairbanks Independent School District, set out to achieve a massive IT overhaul for the district. Well-versed in both technological and people skills, Frankie helped make a convincing case for a $1.2 billion bond referendum with $128 million earmarked for the IT upgrade. Achieved by a 67 percent-plus landslide in the Spring of 2014.
Included in this effort is a 15-year contract with PS LIGHTWAVE for aerial and underground fiber optic cable educational connectivity to three data centers, including one co-location facility.
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