Centennial School District — Transcript
Friday, January 16, 2026
Bus Patrol System Implementation Update
State Grant Opportunity for Capital Projects
Asbestos Inspection and Abatement Planning
Child Care Center Property Line Dispute and Resolution
Family Consumer Science (FCS) Room Renovation Update
10-Year Capital Project Plan Review
Votes (2)
IT Infrastructure Upgrade: Network Switches Replacement
The committee discussed replacing 8-10 year old network switches, which are overdue for upgrade. A bid process resulted in a lowest response of $1,131,000. Utilizing E-rate funding, the district's final cost is projected to be around $271,000, significantly below the initial capital budget allocation of $1 million. The project includes three years of maintenance.
IT Data Backup Solution Implementation
The committee discussed moving from an in-house, equipment-based data backup system to a cloud-based Rubik maintenance solution through Chester County IU. This new approach eliminates the need for on-site equipment, representing a one-time cost saving and a modernized backup strategy.
Notable Quotes (4)
This will replace the infrastructure of our switches. Um they're currently they're 8 to 10 years old. So they're over they're overdue. That's the first one.
it should be less. It's what it would be well well below the so that's in the cap that money was put aside a million dollars in the capital reserve already where you can't move it back to operations already and they found with -ate that the the cost is going to be somewhere around $271 not $1 million just so you know to understand that. So it is money that's kind of ear marked for something and we found a way they've found a way to save on that million dollars
The second one is for a backup solution. Right now we do it in-house. Uh we we have a piece of equipment that's at the high school that we back everything up. This is a the is a Rubik maintenance solution that would be going through Chester County IU. And the advantage of that is we have no equipment here. Everything's cloud-based.
That's a a one time savings because we don't have to purchase the equipment.
Ordinances & Resolutions (7)
Agenda item for approval of the January 16th, 2026 operations committee agenda.
Date of previous operations committee meeting minutes approved.
Agreements with municipalities for the bus camera system.
Legal framework for allowed changes to the agenda.
Strategic document outlining future facility projects and priorities.
Federal program providing discounts on telecommunications and internet access for schools and libraries, applied to IT switches project.
Proposed cloud-based IT backup system, provided through Chester County IU.