2/5/1997 SCHOOL - HIGH SCHOOL BUILDING COMMITTEE Minutes

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1 5 { responsibility that the school assumes in the meantime. John Williams explained when he met with Mike Kirwin and the technology subcommittee it was decided that there would be a student workstation-where ghat you see is what you get but it was not configured that way. So CIC has to re-visit every machine. Each machine should be configured for its particular purpose. He had a staff list of ghat rights each machine should have. If this was done originally we would not have the problems that we did. Paul said there were 2 problems; -the student computers were not configured on the correct server- CIC problem - leakage of the password, even with the best system there needs to be a strong policy from the principal's office. l ii e Pietrows i said the problem has been that 3 or 4 different vendors are doing different components of the project. If they change the password,there is no coordination between the vendors and its getting tied up. Steve said there needs to be education done, a meeting should be put together. Everyone is stepping on toes because they don't know enough of what is going on. The system is vulnerable. Paul said CIC has dropped the ball, the didn't configure the stations correctly,the software was lost for l week, the system is not finished. To come in at night and not let the staff know of the changes made is unacceptable. Joe asked if there is a technical person in charge. Jim said it is Computers without Fear -Kevin and Linda. They are here 2, 12 days per week to act as the network administrator. Janice explained that the school department is in the process of hiring someone. Paul asked Kevin from Computers without Pear for his opinion. Kevin responded that he does not know about the contract requirements of the vendors but he can discuss what:he lows about the system. He said.there have only been 4 passwords, l for students and 3 different ones for the administration,because it go out two times. Because of lack of education,teachers are typing in a name but not the right password and they couldn't get in. That is happening a lot. Peter asked hire how familiar he is with the entire system? He is very familiar with.it. Peter asked hire if he understands the end product? He does. Peter asked hire for suggestions on a course of action so students can use the system as it is supposed to be used. Kevin said usually computer people get beat up if a building construction schedule slips. There is a lot of pressure on the technology contractors to finish so the students can get full benefit. This is still a work in progress, people forget that. CIC still has work to do and they need to do it. He doesn't know what the schedule was but it doesn't help CIC to constantly get beat up while their trying to do their,job. Paul asked Mike when we can expect CIC to be finished? Mike Kirwin said February 1 . John Williams said it was originally explained to there that a teacher, when logging on, would use their name first and then create their own password. Are we not at that point fret? Kevin said we are not.