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Being School District Admin?

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the education-vs-enterprise dept.

Bananatree3 asks: "I am a high schooler in a fairly large school district, and have always wondered what it is like to manage a large school network. What is it like to be a school district admin? What kind of unique things do you have to do that are outside the realm of 'normal' IT departments? When is the most hectic/slow time for you? How big of a network do you manage? Also, do you have any favorite stories about being a school district IT admin?"

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  1. Quick points by pcgamez · · Score: 4, Informative

    1) If you have good software that will handle the students screwing around (such as DeepFreeze or whatever).

    2) Expect vandalism of the computers. All cases should be locked. All equipment rooms should be locked.

    3) In general, the faculty has not a clue how to use a computer. They actually tend to be less teachable than the average person. If you have 50 faculty, 2 might be knowledgeable (as in, enough to build computers and such), 5 will not have to contact you about anything as they can fix it, and the rest will be nightmares.