2007 Accomplishments In 2007, the districts and state have accomplished a great deal. It is through the cooperation of all districts that the following have been accomplished:
1. Installed a brand new technology highway (Kentucky Education Network) to all districts in 11 months
· Beginning in January 2007 with a district committee pulling together input
· Involvement of 19 telecommunications partners
· Involvement of 174 different districts
· Involvement of different state agencies in Frankfort
· KETS vendor partners
· Remained on budget and on time
· 24/7 support services
2. Deployed of over 42 Million dollars worth of new cars for that technology highway in the form of new Instructional Devices (IDU project)
· 75 – 80% of Kentucky’s technology inventory was 7-13 years old
· We are now at a 6 to 1 ratio
· $43 Million of the IDU dollars spent out of $50 M
· $200,000 of the money was used for project management and the rest went out to districts. (There were rumors that KDE had additional money but that is not true)
· Anyone interested in seeing the breakout of the money is welcome to that information.
· The remaining $7 Million in funds must be spent by June 30, 2008.
· Saved $15M by leveraging the money with a state contract and offered personal purchases for the home as part of it.
3. Other Accomplishments
· DMZ installation by June 08 (will build security around the active directory and exchange)
· On-line testing
· Outsourced some of the service desk calls (now performing at 1/3 the cost)
· Legacy email addresses were retired
· Munis upgrade across the state
· 3500 students competed in the STLP Competitions
Ø Winner: E-town
Ø Winner: Metcalf
Ø Winner: Carroll County, Kathrine Winn Elementary
· Infinite Campus Transitions
· SPAM Management and email virus protection (Outsourced and cleaned) saved the state in four ways….cost of cleaning email, loss of productivity in workers, student instruction time saved and the impact of spam on our network. When these items are accumulated, it equals close to $54 Million.